From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 14 03:40:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA04913 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 03:40:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA04888 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 03:40:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-33.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.33]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id FAA23643 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 05:40:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id EAA25747 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 04:45:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199709140945.EAA25747@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: Floppy Driver Problem Solved :^> In-reply-to: Message from "Daniel J. O'Connor" of "Sat, 13 Sep 1997 19:28:07 +0930." <199709130958.TAA00642@holly.rd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 04:45:58 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > I think I will develop a floppy drive that uses a scsi interface! > Its been done :) > A friend of mine has one(Its out of a '030 powered small mainframe type thing... Hmm, > excuse my vagueness) > But heck, if you want to pay postage I;m sure we could mail it to you =) 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. -- 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.