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From: mumford@no-spam.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
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References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <87iv4sns63.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:20:01 GMT
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In article <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca>,
Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.portal.ca> wrote:
>In article <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com>,
>Thomas Evans <tjevans@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>  I prefer linux because it has...Zip drive support...
>
>What on earth is `Zip drive support'? I pluged a Zip drive into my
>Sparcstation running NetBSD, and it worked just fine. You can even
>boot from it (except on a PC, where the loosing SCSI BIOSes can't
>boot from anything but the lowest number drive).
>

When someone speaks of zip drive support, they're usually speaking
of parallel port zip drive support, since there is no need for any
help to get the scsi drive working.

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