User`s guide
HP 9122D Formatting Options
If you have an HP 9122D and wish to use it to format and initialize disks with the LIF program, make
sure you use the following format options.
Format
Option
Bytes/
Sector
Double-or
Single-sided
Formatting
Kbytes of
Storage
0,1
256
Double-sided 630K
2
512
Double-sided 710K
3
1024
Double-sided 788K
4
256
Single-sided 270K
HP 9127A Formatting Options
If you have an HP 9127A and wish to use it to format and initialize disks with the LIF program, make
sure you use the following format options.
Format
Option
Bytes/
Sector
Double-or
Single-sided
Formatting
Kbytes of
Storage
0,1
256
Double-sided
270K
3
1024
Double-sided
378K
Do not use format options 2, 4, 5, or 6.
This will create a DOS format disk which is incompatible with LIF.
Caution The HP 3562A and HP 3563A only support a sector size of 256 Bytes.
File System Conversion (LIF/DOS)
LIF INIT
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