Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 15:14:23 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy Driver Problem Solved :^> Message-ID: <199709142014.PAA01208@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) of "Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:53:22 %2B0200." <19970914165322.NS35867@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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> As dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote: > > > Teac makes a SCSI floppy, AKA: Floptical. Does the normal foppy densities > > (not sure about 2.88M) plus 20M with the right disk. > > > > They appear on the surplus market sometimes for about $150. All SGI systems > > with an optional floppy drive use them. > > About the worst piece of junk i've ever seen. Together with SGI's > bright idea to mount them without a dust-protection flap, they hardly > ever made it longer than 14 days without cleaning, even for plain > floppies. Let alone the optical stuff. And, they were _dog_ slow. I agree they are slow. At least the way SGI implements them. As for the dust flap, all 5 of mine have them, and we've never had a service call on them either. Probably helps a lot that now all our buildings at work are non-smoking. And I admit, the floptical isn't a heavily used item. But back to the issue, they solved this problem for SGI, the one about FDC's and meeting their realtime requirements. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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