hp 9153 floppy & disk

[Rik Bos]

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> Verzonden: zaterdag 6 februari 2010 11:45
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> Onderwerp: Re: hp 9153 floppy & disk
> 
> Christian Corti wrote:
> > Sounds like the "standard" 20 MB HP drive as found in 
> Vectra PCs and 
> > measurement equipment. I once had to replace the hard disk 
> in a HP4972 
> > network analyser and took one from a Vectra. The controller 
> board for 
> > the Vectra (standard 8-bit full-length ISA card) has an onboard 
> > MC6809, on-board sector buffer, a BIOS etc. It's quite an 
> intelligent 
> > card from the programmer's point of view (I've partially 
> disassembled 
> > the BIOS), but lack further information. Would be nice to write a 
> > Linux driver for that board ;-)
> 
> So, they are basically MFM drives with a weird connector on them ?
> 
> Any real product number ?

09153-96111 is the HP product number for the 10MB Winchester.

-Rik