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From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: wst driver status
In-Reply-To: <36F263EB.EF936E5@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Mar 19, 1999  7:49:15 am"
To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:57:49 +0100 (CET)
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It seems Wes Peters wrote:
> "Søren Schmidt" wrote:
> > 
> > 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 :)
> 
> If I buy one and it doesn't work, I'll be glad to send it to you along
> with whatever doco I can get my hands on.  If you've got a channel to
> get a free one, by all means don't let me stop you!  ;^)

I might have, its not settled yet, but if that fails, and there is
problems with it, I'll take you up on that offer :)

-Søren


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