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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: [386BSD] QIC-40/80 support. How hard a device is it to write for? Message-ID: <1992Dec1.041945.1542@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <gthomas.723147662@unixg.ubc.ca> <1992Dec1.022509.13198@ultb.isc.rit.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1992 04:19:45 GMT Lines: 25 In article <1992Dec1.022509.13198@ultb.isc.rit.edu> sxx4519@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.X. Xue) writes: >In article <gthomas.723147662@unixg.ubc.ca> gthomas@unixg.ubc.ca (Guy R Thomas) writes: >>The FAQ says that there is no QIC-40 or QIC-80 support _yet_. What sort of >>time frame for adding that support? Is anyone working on it yet? How >>difficult is the device to write for? Is this a "user servicable part?" >> >>Thanks for the info. >> >>Guy >>gthomas@native-ed.bc.ca > >Good question! I was going to ask the same question too. There is on-going development under Mach and Linux for qic-40/80 support. If anyone wishes to join in great! Because they need help.. Should no one join their efforts, it might be a very long time before we get qic-40/80 support. Contact: vigra!dbrown@UCSD.EDU Amancio Hasty