From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 3 06:32:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA25080 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 06:32:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA25054 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 06:32:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA20572; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:25:53 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604031455.AAA20572@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: parallel zip drive supported?? To: jwu@mindspring.com (The Cyberborg) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:25:53 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <31622BEF.33C53D49@mindspring.com> from "The Cyberborg" at Apr 3, 96 02:42:39 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The Cyberborg stands accused of saying: > my concern is mostly about zip drive. Is it supported by freebsd?? If > not, when will it be supported? Your subject refers to a parallel-port Zip - the answer to your question is "when someone who has one writes a driver". Nobody here (so far) has one, so there's not been much of a demand. > pentium 133 16 edo memory > adaptec 2940 scsi2 with seagate 2.0g hd With a 2940 you will want to upgrade to -stable to get all the fixes to the driver. Fortunately this isn't too hard 8) > 6x ide on-board interface Urr. Why, when you have a SCSI controller? Forget I asked - depending on which sort it is it may or may not work ... > ensoniq pnp sound card ( I guess pnp is not supported either) Work is underway. Sujal? > I am planning to add one Western Digital 1.6G hd. SCSI or IDE? If you're thinking about WD's new SCSI disks, I'd be inclined to be careful - they're potentially a risky bet... -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[