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- Subject: Re: Floppy interface tap units info request
- Message-ID: <2721237@aplvax.msfc.nasa.gov>
- From: butler@cs.tulane.edu (Larry Butler)
- Date: 1 Sep 92 12:18:00 CDT
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- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.170809.10648@cs.tulane.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.tulane.edu
- Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
- References: <1992Sep1.115517.1@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:08:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep1.115517.1@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au> edb201acot@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
- >Hi,
- >I'm trying to find out whether or not those tape backup units which use the
- >floppy interface connectors will work under linux. My information has it that
- >they don't require a device driver under DOS but only work with specific
- >software which is hence probably doing the job of the driver.
- >
- >Does anyone know anything more, specifically whether they can be used under
- >Linux without me having to write a device driver.
- >
- >The brand names that seem to occur most frequently are alloy and mountain.
- >
- >Thanks for any help
- >
- >Scott Thompson
- >int678t@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au
- >
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- I would like some information on that.
- Larry (butler@cs.tulane.edu)
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