From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 25 16:55:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA21082 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:55:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus (pm3-p38.tfs.net [206.154.183.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA21074 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:55:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA09723; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 18:54:07 -0500 From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199704252354.SAA09723@argus> Subject: Re: Maintainer of ft/lft To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 18:54:06 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-To: jbryant@tfs.net In-Reply-To: <199704251642.JAA03539@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 25, 97 09:42:01 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > > > Do I need to go into the whole "VHS sucks, but it still won over Beta" > > > discussion again? > > > > QIC is QIC... interchangable... interoperable... do you have the > > standards documents? i do... > > Are these sufficient to write a driver that works with all QIC-117 > drives? > > If so, I withdrawl the aspersion, and would be *very* happy to know > where you got the documentation. I would probably even be willing > to work on a driver for the IOmega tape drive, if you have a source > for the technical documents not under non-disclosure; seeing as it's > also QIC-117 and they are standard, it should be easy to write with > QIC-117 documentation available. actually yes... call or write to Freeman & Associates in Santa Barbera... Mr. Freeman founded QIC, is the chairman, and facilitator... They are more than willing to send copies of specific standards to any serious party. best ask for the index prior to asking for specifics.. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2M, 70cm, KPC-3+ - kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam