From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 30 16:46:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA13515 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 16:46:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from clarknet.clark.net (clarknet.clark.net [168.143.0.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA13508 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 16:46:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by clarknet.clark.net (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA23925; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:45:57 +0500 >Received: by phzzzt.atww.org (Linux Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0vIl6X-0002cbC; Wed, 30 Oct 96 19:35 EST Received: from phzzzt by clarknet.clark.net; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:45 EST Received: by phzzzt.atww.org (Linux Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0vIl6X-0002cbC; Wed, 30 Oct 96 19:35 EST Received: (from alan@localhost) by mattress.atww.org (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA00383; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:33:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:33:29 -0500 (EST) From: "A. Reichert" To: Richard Cramer Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, iap@vma.cc.nd.edu, dclinux@wauug.erols.com Subject: Re: SONY DAT DRIVES - NOT SUPPORTED for "UNIX" - BUYER BEWARE !!! In-Reply-To: <199610301919.OAA00016@cscfx.sytex.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Richard Cramer wrote: > Warning to ALL! > > We just got off the phone with Sony Tech Support re: their SCSI DAT Drive, > Model No. SDT-5000/BM & SDT-5200/BM and a problem we were having with a > new drive we just received from TechDATA. Sony said they did not support > any "Unix" operating system, specifically Linux and FreeBSD which were > "shareware" (obviously he doesn't know what shareware is). Unless we wished > to discuss problems found on Windows, Windows95, or WindowsNT he could offer > no help!! > > I hope everyone in the "Unix" environment takes note of their position and > reacts appropriately with their buying decisions. Noted with a large magic marker! - Alan