Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 23:58:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Kallen <spidaman@well.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any interest in parallel-port Zip drive support for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970417235536.14101A-100000@well.com> In-Reply-To: <199704180259.MAA21069@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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My laptop (Dell XPi) has 2.2.1, PAO and the Zip stuff and it works. The IBM drive I have is only 800 megs so having a "big floppy" with a UNIX filesystem provides a level of comfort there. On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html > > > > It's apparently very slow, but functional. > > There's also been some discussion (I think it was on -hackers) with > people who were using this on both 2.2 and 2.1-vintage systems, > and someone had a slightly cleaned-up version they were using. > > I had hoped to get my hands on one to test it with, or to hear back > from the original correspondent to confirm they were happy, but > neither happened. It certainly works as far as I know. > > > Jordan > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > > The next interface will not be another desktop metaphor.... Ian Kallen .... http://www.well.com/user/spidaman/ ....the revolution will not be televised. ===== TO RECEIVE MY PGP KEY, SEND MAIL TO spidey-pgp-info@well.com =======
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