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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!nic.csu.net!vax.sonoma.edu!levinson Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386bsd] Colorado Jumbo tape drive device driver. Message-ID: <1992Nov10.153749.1@vax.sonoma.edu> From: levinson@vax.sonoma.edu Date: 10 Nov 92 15:37:49 -0800 References: <raz.720786927@ultima> <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu> <1dchecINN4pk@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com> <1992Nov6.053234.9052@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Organization: Sonoma State University Nntp-Posting-Host: vax.sonoma.edu Lines: 53 In article <1992Nov6.053234.9052@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: > 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 > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "I have an 8 user poetic license" - me > Get the 386bsd FAQ from agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Thanks. I will wait patiently. I will however offer a monetary contribution to whomever releases such a puppy. -- Eric Levinson rcisnet2!root@moon.nbn.com | Home computer (UUCP) levinson@vax.sonoma.edu | Vax I can also be reached on my BBS system, Color Galaxy Milky Way (415) 883-0696