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From: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Don't shout - (Future Domain 1610)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:54:53 +0100
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J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm just about to bin it , honestly. But before I do did anyone,
> > anywhere ever get the FD 1610 to work with freeBSD 2.1?
> 
> Not that i know of.
> 
> Get the specs, and write a driver. ;-)
> 
> --
> cheers, J"org
> 
> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)


How much work would this be given that the seagate driver works with tmc 
850/950 the 8-bit version? And where would I get the specs from?

Cheers, Paul Walsh.

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paul@nation-net.com	Walsh Simmons 		
0161-839 9337		Manchester, UK