From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 27 22:55:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06559 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:55:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA06543; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:55:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelv@MindBender.serv.net) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA02043; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:55:21 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199801280655.WAA02043@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: support for HP SureStore DAT8 Tape Drives? [scanners?] In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 27 Jan 98 20:18:30 -1000. <199801280618.UAA02540@pegasus.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:55:19 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >} In general, SCSI devices are always universally supported, unless they >} are abhorrent violators of SCSI protocols or standards. There are >} minor exceptions to this, but you should never have to ask "is this >} supported" of SCSI devices (this doesn't include SCSI controllers) >} unless it's a truly bizarre device. Modern DAT drives are not bizarre >} SCSI devices. >Cool. So how do I get BSD to talk to my Microtek scanner? Read: bizarre device. :-) OK, I'll confine my comments to storage-oriented devices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon mvanloon@exmsft.com michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------