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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: Help! Pinnacle Micro Recordable CD!
To: mtaylor@gateway.cybernet.com (Mark J. Taylor)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 12:19:24 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, peter@nmti.com
In-Reply-To: <v01520b02abbbad66bd4e@[192.245.33.12]> from "Mark J. Taylor" at Apr 20, 95 02:26:55 am
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yes, but is it SCSI?
> 
> >> AIEEEEEEEEEE!
> >>
> >> Our hardware guy just dropped this off on me, along with the comment "I guess
> >> we should have asked you before buying this".
> >>
> >> No kidding. It looks irretreivably DOS/Windows-ish.
> >
> >Looks like Peter Dufault is your only man! :-)
> >
> >> Any way to use FreeBSD or something similar to hook this up to a real O/S,
> >> or will we have to add this to the growing collection of dedicated Windows
> >> boxes collecting like DDT high in the corporate food chain?
> >
> >Have you tried scsi(1) for whacking commands at it?  I assume it
> >documents some of them in the tech specs?
> >
> >                                                Jordan
> 
> Actually, I have one as well (the Pinnacle Micro RCD-1000).  You can get
> Windows or Macintosh s/w to write to it.
> 
> I've never hooked the thing up to a FreeBSD box before.  I've got about 10
> blanks laying here, but at $15 per blank I'm afraid of wasting $150 to find
> out that I used the wrong 'disklabel' option, or the wrong 'newfs'
> parameter.  I would be very willing to test out the worm code if someone is
> in for a small amount of hand holding.  :)
> 
> 
> 
> -Mark Taylor
> mtaylor@cybernet.com
> 
> 
>