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From: Søren Schmidt <sos@sos.freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: ATAPI Zip challenge : aftermath
In-Reply-To: <199709251730.DAA04904@word.smith.net.au> from Mike Smith at "Sep 26, 97 03:00:26 am"
To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 19:44:43 +0200 (MEST)
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In reply to Mike Smith who wrote:
> > > The replacement arrived today, and it exhibits the same basic 
> > > behaviour; ie. it no longer looks like an IDE disk at all.  It _does_ 
> > > respond to the ATAPI probe, however they appear to have removed the IDE 
> > > emulation in current models.
> > 
> > Does it behave like an ATAPI device ?? Or is it some kind of proprietary
> > protocol ??
> 
> It appears to behave like an ATAPI device.  Jason Thorpe's anectdotal 
> evidence suggests that Iomega are rampant ATAPI/SCSI fans.

OK, but isn't any proof :)
> 
> > > It'd still be good if someone were to come forward and offer to add the 
> > > necessary ATAPI support, of course. 8)
> > 
> > Shouldn't be too difficult, IF it follows the ATAPI protocol...
> 
> Indeed.

If anybody feels like throwing a drive in my direction, I could be
persuaded to give it a try...

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