Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:32:38 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Gustavo Pamplona <pamplona@uai.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: QIC-80 Floppy Tape Drive Message-ID: <20000923133238.A78943@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000922104605.0079f340@uai.com.br>; from pamplona@uai.com.br on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 10:46:05AM -0300 References: <3.0.6.32.20000922104605.0079f340@uai.com.br>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Friday, 22 September 2000 at 10:46:05 -0300, Gustavo Pamplona wrote: > Hi. > > (Sorry for my English, I'm a brazilian) > > My name is Gustavo Pamplona > and... > > I have a floppy tape drive from Colorado Memory Systems. The model > is Colorado Jumbo 250 MB Floppy Tape Drive, for use with QIC-80 > FloppyTapes of 250 Megabytes. > > I intend to use it with FreeBSD. > > How could I use it with the "ft" device driver and if possible: > > - Is the drive supported by FreeBSD ? No. Not any more. The floppy tape driver has fallen into disuse, mainly because floppy tapes are so unreliable that you're better off without a tape. If you want to buy a tape, look for cheap DDS-2 drives, which are sometimes available new for under $100 (a few months back I bought three AIWA drives for $79 each on Ebay). Before choosing a drive, check for the cost of media, which can rapidly exceed the cost of the drive. If that's too expensive an outlay for you, consider a CD-R. I personally think it's too much work, but depending on your requirements you may find it a better fit. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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