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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
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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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