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- From: liljeber@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Mika Pekka Liljeberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: QIC 40 / QIC 80 ?
- Message-ID: <LILJEBER.92Sep4175849@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 15:58:49 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.134617@tiger1.prime.com> <1992Sep3.174918.9822@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Sender: liljeber@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Mika Pekka Liljeberg)
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Lines: 25
- In-Reply-To: billp@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu's message of 3 Sep 92 22: 49:18 GMT
-
- In article <1992Sep3.174918.9822@uoft02.utoledo.edu> billp@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Bill Parquet) wrote:
- > I've seen a lot of discussion about this. The people who were working on
- > that for 386bsd complained that the timing requirements were extremely tight
- > for running qic 40/80... At least too tight for a multitasking environment.
-
- So these people have actually managed to get some specific info on how to
- access the tape drive! Was the driver a general one, or for a drive from
- a particular vendor? Do you remember the names of these people?
-
- The subject of QIC 40/80 tape drives crops up every now and then. So far
- nothing has come of it, because no-one seems to know how to program these
- beasts. I've been under the impression that the information is proprietary.
- Please prove me wrong! :-)
-
- > If it were really necessary, I'd much rather have a tape backup program that
- > ran in some sort of exclusive mode than nothing at all.
-
- Agreed. The main objective is to be able to _use_ a tape drive. If the rest of
- the system is down for the duration, so be it.
-
- Mika
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- Mika Liljeberg Email: liljeber@kruuna.Helsinki.FI
- Helsinki University Mika.Liljeberg@Helsinki.FI
- Dept. of Computer Science
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