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From: t.d.g.sandford@bradford.ac.uk (Thomas Sandford)
Subject: Re: floppy tape driver
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Steve Gerakines (steve2@genesis.nred.ma.us) wrote:
: [ Missed the original post while the link has been down. ]

: >>>M Foley says:
: >>>Does anybody know if the floppy/tape driver source uploaded by Steve
: >>>Gerakines on (or about) Sept 4 for 386bsd will work with the Colorado
: >>>Jumbo tape drives? ...

: I am using a Colorado Jumbo 250 attached directly to my floppy
: controller.  This driver should be what you need.  As far as model names
: go, Mountain manufactures the Summit drive, and Colorado makes the Jumbo.
: Maybe someone could fill me in on some other compatible drive so I can
: keep a list around.  If I could get manufacturer and model ID#'s, I
: can patch up the attach code to report the correct name instead of
: guessing.

has anyone ported this driver to NetBSD or FreeBSD yet (pref. NetBSD this 
week :-} ) I had a look but it seemed to have been created against an earlier
incarnation of the floppy code than NetBSD-0.9. Also does it work with the 
Colorado DJ-10f (Jumbo 120MB drive) or only the 250MB drive?

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Thomas Sandford | t.d.g.sandford@bradford.ac.uk