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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD most recent version
Date: 21 Aug 1996 07:21:57 GMT
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David Zakai <zakaid99@hscbklyn.edu> wrote:

> 1.  What is the latest stable version of FreeBSD?

2.1.5

> 2.  What is the latest interim (SNAP?) version?

2.2-SNAP-960801 (i might be mistaken for the exact date)

> 3.  Which one provides support for:
> 
>     a.  Adaptec AHA-2940UW

both

>	 (ultra wide, i.e., SCSI-3
>         with 68-pin high density connector)

There's no such thing like SCSI-3 yet, at least, not officially
released.  20 MHz wide SCSI has already been sanctioned by SCSI-2.

>     b.  Adaptec APA-1460 SlimSCSI

Never heard of this, most likely unsupported.

>     c.  Adaptec MiniSCSI

Ditto.  If it's an AHA7880-based one however, it is supported.
(Marketing names are fun to remember for a technician.)

> 4.  Will FreeBSD work with the latest generation of
>     external backup tape units (with 2-8 gigabyte capacity),
>     such as:
> 
>     a.  Seagate/Conner/Archive TapeStor Travan4 drives

If they are SCSI, perhaps.  If they are ``floppy tapes'', no.

>     b.  Seagate/Conner/Archive 4mm DAT drives

The Archive Python is known to work, though it's not known who puts
his label on these drives by time of this writing. :)

>     c.  Hewlett-Packard Colorado Memory Systems Travan4 drives
>         (SCSI T4000)

Perhaps, if they behave like any other SCSI-2 compliant drive.

>     d.  Hewlett-Packard SureStor 4mm DAT drives

Yes.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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