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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1526 comp.os.linux:55662 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:2517 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.linux,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!clouso.crim.ca!sobeco!zap!fortin From: fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca (Denis Fortin) Subject: Re: Forward: QIC-80 References: <1993Sep26.203329.10048@gmd.de> Organization: zap, Montreal, QC, Canada Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 05:07:29 GMT Message-ID: <CE5I8x.1Jr@zap.uniforum.qc.ca> Lines: 22 In article <9309261951.AA27137@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr> Kostas Kourakis writes: > I've seen your suggestion regarding the creation of support >for the Mitsumi CD Rom Drive [on 386BSD], and certainly it's a wise move, I >could never understand why very popular and cheap hardware was kind of >"snubbed at" my most of the recent OS (including Unixware, NT etc.). Actually, Windows NT now has a shareware (cheap, $20 I think) driver for the Mitsumi CDROM drive written by a fellow in Germany (Email: 100273.334@compuserve.com)... Which means I may buy one if I can find one for cheap again (a local store had them for about $200 recently). Windows NT also supports some inexpensive floppy-based tape drives (QIC-40/QIC-80), such as the CMS Jumbo-250... (I have the Hardware compatibility list somewhere) Anyway, my intent is not to start another "my O/S is better than your O/S" war, but just to point out something I'd just discovered. (Yay! I may be back in the market for a CDROM and tape drive soon.) (For the record, I run both NT and FreeBSD at home, so I'm not biased ;-) -- Denis, fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca