Thanks, Paul, I'm aware of the 9114A and B versions and some of the differences, but I'm wondering whether my 9114 is identical to the 9114A.
Is it maybe like World War I which was just 'The Great War' until WW II came along; same war, different name. m On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 12:38 AM Paul Berger via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > As Mike said there are two models 9114A and 9114B, they are functionally > equivalent, however the B model uses a 1/2 high drive mechanism and I > believe there are changes to the controller as well, but I have only > seen the inside of a B model. > > Paul. > > On 2024-04-30 8:29 p.m., Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: > > I am not familiar with a 9114 only the 9114A and 9114B. > > > > On 4/30/2024 6:15 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > >> Just wondering: I see 9114 and 9114A being used interchangeably (mine > >> are 9114s); are they the same or actually different drives? > >> > >> m > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 5:39 PM Mike Katz via cctalk > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Thank you for your help. > >> > >> That is the command I am using on the 41 to try and format the disk. > >> With a directory size of 60. > >> > >> On 4/30/2024 4:22 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: > >> > Also this article refers to a set of commands for this drive. > >> The NEWM command formats a new disk. > >> > Link is > >> https://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/articles.cgi?read=78 > >> > > >> > > >> > Sent from my iPhone > >> > > >> > On Apr 30, 2024, at 14:07, Wayne S <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > What kind of floppies did Hp recommend to use with this drive? > >> > > >> > Sent from my iPhone > >> > > >> > On Apr 30, 2024, at 13:55, Fred Cisin via cctalk > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2024, John Herron via cctalk wrote: > >> > Yup, that's all I used to do. Some scotch tape over the floppy > >> disk hole to > >> > make the system see it as DD. If it didn't automatically format > >> as 720, you > >> > could specify size or sector count with format.com > >> <http://format.com> in dos. > >> > > >> > Somemedia sensors are optical; use opaque taps. > >> > > >> > I did hear folks say it wasn't always reliable (similar to 5.25 > >> disks being > >> > formated on a high density drive) but I never saw any problems > >> in my > >> > limited use. > >> > > >> > 3.5" are 600 VS 750 oersted; > >> > 5.25" are 300 vs 600 Oersted; > >> > a low density 5.25 formatted as "high density" won't do well; > >> > a high density 5.25" (1.2M) formatted as low density ("360K") > >> sill self erase VERY soon, sometimes before you can even get it > >> over to another machine. We had a college purchasing agent in bed > >> with "Roytype", who kept giving us "1.2M" floppies ofr out TRS80s; > >> they self erased very soon. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected] > >> >
