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From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: wst driver status
In-Reply-To: <36F1FF9B.1CD96ACB@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Mar 19, 1999  0:41:15 am"
To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:26:58 +0100 (CET)
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It seems Wes Peters wrote:
> How is the wst driver these days?  I've just noticed the OnStream ADR
> drives, which support 15GB uncompressed on a single cartridge.  They
> offer this system with an IDE interface at $299, and a SCSI-2 version
> at $599.  I need a backup system and don't have SCSI in the machine,
> so if there is any hope at all of having the IDE version work, I
> think I'll grab one.
> 
> 	http://www.onstream.com/adr
> 
> CDW and MicroWarehouse both have this in stock and shipping for the
> advertised price, $299, so it appears to be real.  I didn't see any-
> thing like technical information on their web site, but I've just
> emailed their "System Builders" contact, Frank Woodward, about getting
> detailed specs.

If it follows the ATAPI spec it should just work, but that remains to
be tested. There is hope that I'll get my hands on one though, if
that succeeds I'll make it work :)

-Søren


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