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- From: levinson@vax.sonoma.edu
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- Subject: Re: [386bsd] Colorado Jumbo tape drive device driver.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.153518.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 23:35:18 GMT
- References: <raz.720786927@ultima> <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu> <1dchecINN4pk@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com>
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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.
- >
- > Regards,
- > Matt
- > --
- >
- > Matt Bonner | Email: mattb@sdd.hp.com
- > Hewlett-Packard Company | Snail: 16399 West Bernardo Drive
- > Ink-jet Components Division | San Diego, CA 92127-1899
- --
-
- Yes, you are correct. I think the proprietary part lie in the compression
- routines, however I am not interested in that aspect. I could always compress
- with COMPRESS or something like that. I think it is very unprofessional for
- them simply not to respond.
-
-
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- Eric Levinson
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