Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 20:49:22 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD hardware Users <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ADR tape drives? Message-ID: <199904070349.UAA02290@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:09:38 EDT." <19990406210938.A606@netmonger.net>
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> > Please don't do this; we're already talking with Onstream, and they are > > working to produce a technical reference manual that they can release > > without NDA etc. They expect to be another week or two finishing that > > off, at which time we hope to have some sample units in the right hands > > as well. > > If they're willing to do that, then I'm willing to get the drive. They're actually keen to do that. > Unless you mean "don't buy the drive; you may be able to get a sample > unit", but I don't think that "right hands" was directed towards me. I was specifically referring to the SCSI ghods, yes. > I'm curious to know, though, what you've learned so far. We already > have an "ATAPI tape" driver, which presumably means QIC-157/SFF-8020i? > Is the OnStream drive not based on those standards, or do we just not > know yet? If nobody's tried it, who knows, maybe it'll Just Work. :-) The OnStream drive is supposedly a QIC-172(?) drive, but they are adding a "backwards compatability" mode to handle QIC-157 as well. Again, hopefully all this will be cleared up shortly. Thanks for your interest though - in fact, calling them about it is probably a good thing, as it lets them know there's interest out there too. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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