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HP 71B With HPIB Disk Drive ? Message #1 Posted by Sean Connor on 23 Apr 2008, 4:35 p.m. Hi We have a couple of HPIB disk drives at work (from old hp300 systems) If I buy the HP-IL to HPIB interface box will I be able to get it to work with my 71B or am I wasting my time/money ? Come to think of it we have some old HP GPIB printers as well. Will these work ? Best Regards Sean Connor

Re: HP 71B With HPIB Disk Drive ? Message #2 Posted by J-F Garnier on 24 Apr 2008, 6:40 a.m., in response to message #1 by Sean Connor The standard HP-71B commands like CAT, COPY, PURGE,... will not work due to the different protocol used by the HP-71B (simple 'Filbert' protocol vs Amigo or CS/80 used by HP-IB drives). However, in theory you can access the drives with low levels commands (SEND, OUTPUT, ENTER) and it could a nice hobby project... There should be no problem to use HP-IB printers with the HP-71B. J-F

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