From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 12 02:24:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6BC16A421 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:24:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ota@animenfo.com) Received: from smtp.unitz.ca (mx1.unitz.ca [69.60.224.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D69813C465 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:24:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ota@animenfo.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.unitz.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C22531522 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:23:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp.unitz.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.unitz.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id j3nQXA-ZMB3E for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:23:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from unitz.ca (dsl-69-60-252-220.unitz.ca [69.60.252.220]) by smtp.unitz.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 5220953150B for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:23:14 -0500 (EST) Received: by unitz.ca (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 ota@animenfo.com; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:25:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:25:13 -0500 From: User Ota To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080212022512.GD37628@noah.ota.homelinux.net> References: <20080212011128.GC37628@noah.ota.homelinux.net> <18353.5.874816.271156@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18353.5.874816.271156@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: Random driver for insanely old hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:24:06 -0000 On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:10:13PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > User Ota writes: > > > Today I was browsin around Value Village (big giant thrift > > department store in Canada) here in Sudbury, and I came across A > > "GCC Technologies UltraDrive 50R", SCSI based and external -- > > from 1990. > > > > Anyways, my question is: I cannot find ANYTHING whatsoever on the > > internet about this product. Out of pure curiosity, was there > > ever a driver available for FreeBSD; or, if you can comment, > > linux kernel? I just really wanna know. :P > > If it's really and truly SCSI, then it Should Just Work like > any other SCSI hardware. > > > Robert Huff I have a 486 lying around somewhere, an old AHA-154x SCSI controller, I just need the external cable to attach it. I would lol hard if it worked, and probably then go on to use it like everything else. I was thinking that originally about it working like everything else, but I wonder how hard it is to find a cartridge for the machine :P Btw I bought it for $2.00 CAD. Russell Doucette