Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:34:56 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@inter-linc.net> Cc: olli@incogni.to, olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3M LS-120 support ? Message-ID: <199801290504.PAA01317@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:56:59 MDT." <XFMail.980128230108.cdillon@inter-linc.net>
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> Yes, and the Floptical beasts I saw were at least SCSI. The only LS-120 stuff > I have seen is either ATAPI or parallel (most likely ATAPI with a parallel > converter). It would be nice, however, if this thing came standard on all new > systems instead of the lousy floppy drives we have now (with proper BIOS > support to make it usable just like the old floppy drives at boot.. if they > were SCSI this would be part of most SCSI HA BIOSes). At least it is a step up > while still being backwards compatible with the old stuff. :-) They are coming standard on new systems (except those sold by scum-sucking bargain merchants), and new BIOSsen do support them. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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