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From: thorpej@baygate.bayarea.net (Jason R. Thorpe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD for Sun 3/60 supported devices ??
Date: 5 Nov 1996 23:04:50 GMT
Organization: George's NetBSD answer man
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In article <dz4tj4a3n5.fsf@puma.inmos.co.uk>,
Richard Ingram <rji@puma.inmos.co.uk> wrote:

>Just got hold of a 3/60 and wondered if the Sun port of NetBSD supported the
>Iomega Jaz Drive ?? (the version made by D2).

Yes.  NetBSD/sun3, like most other NetBSD ports, uses a machine-independent
SCSI subsystem, which supports most SCSI disks, tapes, and several other
types of SCSI devices (scanners, media changers, etc.).

>Also what benefits over SunOS 4.1.1 does it have ?

Several.  First of all, it's much more modern; more modern networking
code, filesystem code, etc.  Secondly, NetBSD is actively developed
by a large number of folks in the network community; SunOS 4 on the sun3
is dead.  Thirdly, you get source; the benifits of this should be clear.

Ciao.

	-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@bayarea.net>