Disk Drive Installation; Powering Up The System And Booting - HP 1000 A990 Installation And Service Manual

Disk Drive Installation
A variety of disk drives are available for use with A990 computers and systems. Except for
installing the HP-IB or SCSI cable, refer to the installation manual supplied with your disk drive
for installation information. Use the following instructions to install your disk drive cabling:
Note
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Where both standard and high-speed disk drives are used in a multiple
drive installation, assign one HP-IB Interface Card to each class of drive.
1. Set the system power switch to OFF and remove the rear panel of the computer.
2. Connect the HP-IB or SCSI connector on the disk drive cable to the HP-IB or SCSI
connector on the back of the disk drive.
3. Connect the hooded connector on the disk drive cable to the HP 12009A HP-IB Interface
Card or HP 12016A SCSI Interface Card, with the cable extending to the bottom of the card
cage.
4. Install the rear panel.
Powering Up the System and Booting
Use the following procedure to complete the installation and power up the system:
1. Set the terminal Power switch to ON; then set the system Power switch to ON. If battery
backup is installed, set the Battery Enable switch to ENABLE. A blinking cursor will
appear on the terminal screen after approximately 15 seconds. Press carriage return to get
the VCP power-up message which displays the following:
• 110 table with the select code, ID number, and revision of each installed 110 card
• Pretest errors, if present
• CPU identification
• Amount of memory installed
• Contents of selected registers
Table 2-3 gives the ID number for each A-Series interface card.
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