Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 01:22:29 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ast0: TAPE <OnStream DI-30> Message-ID: <200102020922.f129MTM12429@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Feb 2001 04:10:42 EST." <5.0.1.4.0.20010202040716.01f2b3d0@marble.sentex.ca>
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> At 09:08 AM 2/2/01 +0100, Soren Schmidt wrote:
>
> >Well, as I said, supporting it is not impossible, its just "different"
> >from the way most *ix drivers like things. However if this is important
> >to you or somebody else, I could be persuaded into looking at this...
>
>
> I differ to your judgement of course. If the drive is hopelessly broken
> from a design point of view, then there does not seem to be much point in
> supporting it. But if it can work to a reasonable degree, then I am all
> for it. Like I said before, its potentially low cost combined with their
> claimed reliability of their media over travan tape technology do make it
> potentially appealing for certain applications.
Media cost for these devices is horrific, due to their relatively low
volume. A $200 drive is false economy when the tapes for it are $70 a
pop...
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