From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 6 18:11:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from cheddar.netmonger.net (cheddar.netmonger.net [209.54.21.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22E514E02 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 18:11:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@cheddar.netmonger.net) Received: (from chris@localhost) by cheddar.netmonger.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02954; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:09:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19990406210938.A606@netmonger.net> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:09:38 -0400 From: Christopher Masto To: Mike Smith Cc: FreeBSD hardware Users Subject: Re: ADR tape drives? Mail-Followup-To: Mike Smith , FreeBSD hardware Users References: <19990406120147.A11041@netmonger.net> <199904070008.RAA01154@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199904070008.RAA01154@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 05:08:10PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 05:08:10PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 10:30:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > I would hope that they work out of the box; I'm waiting to hear back > > > from Onstream, who promised us evaluation units after Linuxworld. > > > > Has anyone been able to try one yet? I have an opportunity to > > purchase the IDE model for $199.. I'm willing to help improve the > > ATAPI tape driver to work with this drive, as long as it doesn't have > > to be rewritten from scratch. > > > > I'm about to e-mail OnStream for as much technical info as they can > > supply. > > Please don't do this; we're already talking with Onstream, and they are > working to produce a technical reference manual that they can release > without NDA etc. They expect to be another week or two finishing that > off, at which time we hope to have some sample units in the right hands > as well. If they're willing to do that, then I'm willing to get the drive. Unless you mean "don't buy the drive; you may be able to get a sample unit", but I don't think that "right hands" was directed towards me. I'm curious to know, though, what you've learned so far. We already have an "ATAPI tape" driver, which presumably means QIC-157/SFF-8020i? Is the OnStream drive not based on those standards, or do we just not know yet? If nobody's tried it, who knows, maybe it'll Just Work. :-) I have an Exabyte TR-3 drive at home that I've occasionally considered working on, but it hardly seems worth it at this point. I'd rather spend the time on something I can fit all my disks on. -- Christopher Masto Senior Network Monkey NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net Free yourself, free your machine, free the daemon -- http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message