Installation Procedure - HP 98568A Installation Instruction

HP 9125S/9127 A Flexible Disk Drives
Installation Procedure
The following procedure describes how to connect your HP 9125S and HP
9127 A to your Series 300 computer. Before you do this, however, refer to the
manual( s) that came with the drive to:
• Unpack the drive.
• Check the voltage switch setting.
• Check the fuse value.
And now, the installation procedure ...
1. Play It Safe.
Turn your computer and disk drive off, if they are not already off.
2. Select Your Interface.
Use either the built-in HP-IB interface or an HP 98624A HP-IB Interface.
3. Set the Address.
a. On the back of the disk drive, find the HP-IB address wheel, labeled
"ADDRESS."
b. Set the HP-IB address:
• If this is the first disk or tape drive you are connecting to this
interface, set the "ADDRESS" wheel to 0, unless address 0 has already
been used.
• If there is only one other disk or tape drive (besides this HP 9125S or
9127 A) already connected to the interface, set the "ADDRESS" wheel
to 2, unless address 2 has already been used.
• If there are two other disk or tape drives (besides this HP 9125S or
9127 A) already connected to the interface, set the "ADDRESS" wheel
to 3, unless address 3 has already been used. If it has, choose any
unused address.
4. Connect the Disk Drive to Your Computer.
a. Find the HP-IB cable provided with the disk drive.
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