RE: 8 inch disks - help needed identifying format

2016-08-08 Thread Rik Bos
Denise, If you have a HP 9895 and a HP-IB adapter for a PC, you can use the HPDIR software to read the files. http://hp9845.net/9845/projects/hpdir/ Another way to read the files is using a HP 9845B/T or C and transfer the files through a HP 98036A or 98046A serial interface. http://hp9845.net/98

Re: 8 inch disks - help needed identifying format

2016-08-03 Thread Eric Smith
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:19 AM, Rik Bos wrote: > It is a HP disc, probably for the hp 9845/35 series. > H tells you the drive type (9895A), 8 the controller select code, 0 the drive > address, 1 the unit address (second disc in a unit, first disc will be 0). > Probably the disc will contain a lar

RE: 8 inch disks - help needed identifying format

2016-08-03 Thread Rik Bos
You can find a lot of explanation on the HP 9845 website. www.hp9845.net and the hp computer museum in Sidney www.hpmuseum.net is also a good starting point. -Rik Van: Denise de Vries

RE: 8 inch disks - help needed identifying format

2016-08-03 Thread Rik Bos
148 is the volume name/number. -Rik Van: Denise de Vries Verzonden: woensdag 3 augustus 2016 14:20 Aan: cct...@classiccmp.org Onderwerp: 8 inch disks - help needed identifying format Thanks Rik I also should have asked what does 148 mean? NAME PRO TYPE REC/FILE BYTES/REC ADDRESS H

RE: 8 inch disks - help needed identifying format

2016-08-03 Thread Rik Bos
Hi Denise, It is a HP disc, probably for the hp 9845/35 series. H tells you the drive type (9895A), 8 the controller select code, 0 the drive address, 1 the unit address (second disc in a unit, first disc will be 0). Probably the disc will contain a large fata file of 1188 blocks, may be it’s a