From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 28 21:17:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA25407 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:17:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA25322 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:16:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01317; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:34:57 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801290504.PAA01317@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Chris Dillon cc: olli@incogni.to, olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3M LS-120 support ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:56:59 MDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:34:56 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hardware" > 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. \\