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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:36:07 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        dave@kachina.jetcafe.org, questions@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Exabyte EXB-2501
Message-ID:  <199602110906.TAA27911@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199602090739.IAA15328@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Feb 9, 96 08:39:08 am

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J Wunsch stands accused of saying:
> It's not yet supported.  There's something that the EXB-2501 doesn't
> really like in our tape driver, but i don't know yet _what_ it is.
> I've got the Exabyte SCSI ref manual on behalf of another FreeBSD user
> whose drive i wanna get humming.

Just for reference, there are dozens of differnt firmware revisions for
the EXB-250x series, which has caused a lot of the workstation vendors
grief.  (See comments on this in the SGI hardware FAQ and witness the 
Sun-exabyte FAQ.)

What this means in practical terms is anyone's guess 8)

> cheers, J"org

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