Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 16:09:52 -0300 From: Gustavo Pamplona <pamplona@uai.com.br> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QIC-80 Floppy Tape Drive [IS NOT POSSIBLE TO USE THIS DRIVE, WHY NOT? IF OLDER UN*X SYSTEMS SUPPORTED IT. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND. Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000923160952.007a99a0@uai.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20000923133238.A78943@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <3.0.6.32.20000922104605.0079f340@uai.com.br> <3.0.6.32.20000922104605.0079f340@uai.com.br>
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So, do you think better I do this. I can't understand right what is the purpose of this mailing list now. I sent a friendly question and the only answer that I got is to buy another drive? And if I don't had money to buy another drive. (This is my case) Hey, man, so, as you said, Is not possible to use this drive with FreeBSD. What big system!!! THE SYSTEM, SADLY, DON'T SUPPORT A SIMPLE AND A SINGLE FLOPPY TAPE DRIVE. What do you think about older UN*X systems that supported Floppy Tape Drives? I already had a SCO UN*X System V, dated of 1993, I can't remember the version, but this SCO UN*X supported this drive. I have a FreeBSD 3.2 Release now, bought from CheapBytes for about 1 year and 1/2, and I read the man pages of 'ft', 'fdc', 'mt' and mainly a FAQ from freebsd.org, the FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions for 2.x and 3.x systems. Let me tell a small thing to you. I have other three BSD systems. OpenBSD 2.6 (i386) NetBSD 1.3.2 (i386) and a Evaluation CD BSDi Internet Super Server v4.1 that I got from www.bsdi.com Will be I will have to send to this mailing list the contents of 'ft' man page. That manpage spoke clearly that 'ft' device driver support Colorado Tape Drives. Anyway, I thank your answer, and sorry for my CAPITAL LETTERS, I'm not screaming. At 13:32 23/09/00 +0930, you wrote: >[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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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