From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 29 02:31:58 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id CAA20858 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 02:31:58 -0700 Received: from argus.iadfw.net (argus.iadfw.net [204.178.72.68]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA20852 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 02:31:55 -0700 Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.iadfw.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) id EAA01158 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 04:31:52 -0500 From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199508290931.EAA01158@argus.iadfw.net> Subject: ibm mta-3230 230meg 3.5" m-o drive To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 04:31:52 -0500 (CDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 842 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk hey.. i finally got the manual for my m-o drive from ibm... not immediate but fast enough, given that they are moving. this manual is extremely well laid out and is in enough detail to impress me. i haven't seen a tech manual on a hardware product this well thought out in a long time. it defines clearly the functions of the hardware. I'm so impressed, I thought I'd tell the list about it... Their CPUs may suck, their operating systems may be worse, but they know how to write a manual [and make an affordable m-o drive]! 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@argus.iadfw.net, Sr. System/Network Admin, Internet America