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From: "Engineer, 08.ZIYA" <shyone@constantchange.on.ca>
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Subject: Re: Tape drive FAQ
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On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:

> J Wunsch wrote:
> > 
> > Perhaps we should start a ``Tape drive FAQ''?  Many people are
> > confused about the different tape drives, their subtleties (like for
> > the Anaconda, or the switches on the HP-DAT), their relative technical
> > merits, and the status and quality of FreeBSD supporting the different
> > kinds of drives.

That would be awesome. I've got this ancient wangtek sitting here idle 
'cause i can't find docs on it (it belongs to a friend, and they don't 
have the manuals either) and yet i'm teased by the fact the kernel 
apparrently supports it. And, quite frankly, i wouldn't know how to work 
it if i ever _did_ get the kernel to accept it (it accepts the card, but 
thwe drive won't budge). I'm sure others are in the same boat.

-Mit


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