HP9133 user guide...?

[Joe R.]

At 09:24 PM 4/3/05 -0400, Steven wrote:
>On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
>
>> >   You're correct. I looked at my disk drive notes later and found a note
>> > that the 9153 did use an HP drive. But I'm pretty certain that the ONE
time
>> > I was able to replace a drive and format it and have it work was on a
drive
>> > that used a ST-225. I know at least one model of the 9133 uses the ST-225
>> > but don't remember which one it was without looking at my notes however I
>> > THINK it was a 15Mb model.
>> 
>> That's interesting. The 9113H uses an ST225 I think (it's certainly a 
>> normal ST506 interaced hard disk). If there's a way to replace the drive 
>> in that with any old ST225 ripped from a PC or something then I'll be 
>> rather happy. I'd also be interested if anyone has worked out what the 
>> Ident Sea settings correspond to.
>
>I successfully replaced the ST225 in a 9133 with an ST238 (same drive, but 
>certified for RLL).  It was connected to an HP64000 development system, 
>which supported formatting, IIRC (I no longer have the drive).

   Do you remember which model 9133 it was? What did you have to do to
format the new drive? I have to admit that even though I've had a few
64000s, I've never used one and I'm not familar with it's OS.

   Joe