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From: jim@wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: using an archive scorpion qic streamer with
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Date: 14 Mar 93 14:49:47 GMT
References: <506@apdnews.idca.tds.philips.nl>
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In article 506@apdnews.idca.tds.philips.nl, wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) writes:
>First of all: thanks to all you helpful people that helped me to get
>386bsd to co-exist with DOS on one disk. It now works, although I feel
>the procedure is a bit tricky for general consumption (patching 
>partition tables etc.)
>
>The actual question: is there a driver around that enables me to use
>my Archive Scorpion (QIC02) with 386bsd? My SCSI streamer yesterday 
>decided to play dead, so I'd like to fall back to the Scorpion.
>(Don't tell me to use floppies..... :-|)

I'm currenrtly using a driver for archive streamers. It doesn't work fast, but
hey it works....

If you want a patch to your wt.c let me know and I'll mail it.
You may even want to improve it.....

Jim.