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Date:      Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:26:36 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        bob@pmr.com
Cc:        cjohnson@neunacht.netgsi.com, shocking@prth.pgs.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Further on tape & CAM problems
Message-ID:  <199904292026.WAA12290@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <19990429072317.A84044@luke.pmr.com> from Bob Willcox at "Apr 29, 1999  7:23:17 am"

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As Bob Willcox wrote ...
> On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 08:45:36PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > 
> > Exabyte is not particularly famous for stable firmware. 
> 
> I have quite a number of 8200's here (though I don't really use them
> much anymore since I now have a Mammoth) that I have installed new
> firmware in.  From an email discussion with an Exabyte tech support
> person back in '93 (I believe it was), the latest level of firmware in

Well, you sent it to me in March 1995 (just found the original
email ;-)

> shipping 8200's (this was right at their end-of-life) was:
> 
> MX: 2680
> SV: C034
> 
> This is for generic models.  OEM models may have different versions
> due to customizations.

And these are not recommended for general use.

I have a second Exaybyte drive here, I could try to see what firmware
that one has and if I can get it to fail.

Groeten / Cheers,

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