Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:25:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jwu@mindspring.com (The Cyberborg) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: parallel zip drive supported?? Message-ID: <199604031455.AAA20572@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <31622BEF.33C53D49@mindspring.com> from "The Cyberborg" at Apr 3, 96 02:42:39 am
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The Cyberborg stands accused of saying: > my concern is mostly about zip drive. Is it supported by freebsd?? If > not, when will it be supported? Your subject refers to a parallel-port Zip - the answer to your question is "when someone who has one writes a driver". Nobody here (so far) has one, so there's not been much of a demand. > pentium 133 16 edo memory > adaptec 2940 scsi2 with seagate 2.0g hd With a 2940 you will want to upgrade to -stable to get all the fixes to the driver. Fortunately this isn't too hard 8) > 6x ide on-board interface Urr. Why, when you have a SCSI controller? Forget I asked - depending on which sort it is it may or may not work ... > ensoniq pnp sound card ( I guess pnp is not supported either) Work is underway. Sujal? > I am planning to add one Western Digital 1.6G hd. SCSI or IDE? If you're thinking about WD's new SCSI disks, I'd be inclined to be careful - they're potentially a risky bet... -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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