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- From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
- Subject: Re: [386bsd] Colorado Jumbo tape drive device driver.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.053234.9052@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Keywords: Colorado, No dice, Tape drive
- Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu
- Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
- References: <raz.720786927@ultima> <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu> <1dchecINN4pk@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 05:32:34 GMT
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- In article <1dchecINN4pk@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com>, mattb@sdd.hp.com (Matt Bonner) writes:
- |> 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.
-
- Nope. There *is* a driver. The person who wrote it hasn't released it yet
- and may not do so for some time. Apparently they have read streaming but not
- write. I publicly ate crow on whether or not it was possible without a change
- in the device priority mechanism about 2 months ago when I found out about
- it, so I definitely remember.
-
-
- Terry Lambert
- terry@icarus.weber.edu
- terry_lambert@novell.com
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