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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john)
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Subject: Re: HP110 info
Message-ID: <6200061@hp-pcd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 16:51:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.6200061
Posted: Thu Aug 22 16:51:00 1985
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR
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Nf-From: hp-pcd!john    Aug 22 12:51:00 1985

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< HP sells a card that fits in an IBM PC/XT/AT that interfaces the
< HP110 into a serial network with the PC.  This allows you to use 
< the IBM's drives and programs.  Thus you don't really have to buy
< the 3" expensive drive unless you need a battery operated one.The
< same card lets you use the little battery powered thinkjet printer
< with the IBM, or even network a bunch of IBM's together. The transfer
< rate is quite good.  Sort of a poor man's Ethernet.  The cost?  $100.  
<

Actually it's $125 suggested list. The card is called HP-LINK and it will
connect a HP-150 or IBM Clone into the Hewlett-Packard Interface Loop. This
is a low power serial version of HP-IB that is optimized for low power 
battery operation. Software provided can either operate disks and 
printers on the loop or emulate a disk or printer using the computers 
internal disks. It lets you do neat things like connect two PC-XT's together
and clone the hard disks with a single diskcopy command. Data rate is about
60K bits/Sec so you might want leave that one running overnight.

HP-LINK is built into the HP Portables so you can pass files between any two
machines without having to go through floppies.It does work with the AT but 
you have to be careful about accessing a hard disk with 16 bit FAT entries 
from a computer expecting  12 bit entries.


John Eaton
!hplabs!hp-pcd!john

Disclaimer: I didn't do HP-LINK but the guy across the aisle from me did.