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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!gumby!destroyer!caen!sdd.hp.com!nobody From: mattb@sdd.hp.com (Matt Bonner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386bsd] Colorado Jumbo tape drive device driver. Date: 6 Nov 1992 01:23:24 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Division Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1dchecINN4pk@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com> References: <raz.720786927@ultima> <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsdlg16.sdd.hp.com Keywords: Colorado, No dice, Tape drive In article <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu>, levinson@vax.sonoma.edu writes: |> In article <raz.720786927@ultima>, raz@socs.uts.edu.au (The Inimitable Raz) writes: |> > Has anyone developed, is anyone working on, has anyone worked on a |> > 386bsd driver for utilising Colorado Jumbo 250M, floppy controller |> > attached, tape drives? |> > |> > Does anyone have any info or code at all for driving these items? |> > |> > raz@socs.uts.edu.au (Roland Turner) (OH) 61 2 906 4681 |> |> |> It is amazing, that with all the Jumbo systems sold, only you and I are asking |> about a driver for this tape drive! |> |> If you happen to find one, let me know. If I find one, I will let you know. |> |> I am still waiting for Colorado Memory Systems to respond to a message I sent |> to their Compuserv address. It has been about 3 weeks. |> This was discussed a few months ago, I believe the final answer was that something in Colorado drive I/O was proprietary, and Colorado wouldn't share, so you can't write the driver for them. I could be wrong though, I didn't follow the thread too intently. Regards, Matt -- Matt Bonner | Email: mattb@sdd.hp.com Hewlett-Packard Company | Snail: 16399 West Bernardo Drive Ink-jet Components Division | San Diego, CA 92127-1899