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- From: mattb@sdd.hp.com (Matt Bonner)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: [386bsd] Colorado Jumbo tape drive device driver.
- Date: 6 Nov 1992 01:23:24 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Division
- Lines: 32
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1dchecINN4pk@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com>
- References: <raz.720786927@ultima> <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsdlg16.sdd.hp.com
- Keywords: Colorado, No dice, Tape drive
-
- In article <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu>, levinson@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
- |> In article <raz.720786927@ultima>, raz@socs.uts.edu.au (The Inimitable Raz) writes:
- |> > Has anyone developed, is anyone working on, has anyone worked on a
- |> > 386bsd driver for utilising Colorado Jumbo 250M, floppy controller
- |> > attached, tape drives?
- |> >
- |> > Does anyone have any info or code at all for driving these items?
- |> >
- |> > raz@socs.uts.edu.au (Roland Turner) (OH) 61 2 906 4681
- |>
- |>
- |> It is amazing, that with all the Jumbo systems sold, only you and I are asking
- |> about a driver for this tape drive!
- |>
- |> If you happen to find one, let me know. If I find one, I will let you know.
- |>
- |> I am still waiting for Colorado Memory Systems to respond to a message I sent
- |> to their Compuserv address. It has been about 3 weeks.
- |>
-
- This was discussed a few months ago, I believe the final answer was
- that something in Colorado drive I/O was proprietary, and Colorado
- wouldn't share, so you can't write the driver for them. I could be
- wrong though, I didn't follow the thread too intently.
-
- Regards,
- Matt
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