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- From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: What's HP Boat Format
- Message-ID: <69817@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 22:48:27 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Nov16.180950.21931@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- In article <1992Nov16.180950.21931@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- donghao@leland.Stanford.EDU (dong hao zhang) writes:
-
- | I have a 3.5 inch floppy disk to read. The disk is marked HP boat format.
- | Is this the disk format for HP workstations ? I appreciate any response to
- | donghao@leland.stanford.edu
- |
- | Sorry if this isn't quite a unix question, but couldn't find any place
- | better.
-
- "HP boat format"? Sounds like a question for the "rec.boating" newsgroup.
-
- Naw, cannot make the same typo twice (article header and article body), so:
-
- 102' fibreglass hull, twin diesels. And the 3-1/2" disks make nice hub
- shims for my Penn Ocean reels, especially important when using 150 pound/test
- line. Just don't get caught dropping a line in at HP's Monterey Bay Aquarium.
-
- HP also has two corporate airplanes mfd. by Lockheed; those would be the
- "HP airplane format".
-
- :-) :-) :-)
-
- Seriously, though the disk may be marked "BOOT format", is that what's really
- on the disk? In other words, did someone simply re-use a boot disk to send
- you stuff?
-
- Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com, thad@cup.portal.com ]
-