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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Maintainer of ft/lft
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In-Reply-To: <199704250027.TAA07641@argus> from "Jim Bryant" at Apr 24, 97 07:27:40 pm
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> HOW CAN YOU BE SO F***ING IGNORANT???
> 
> As one in QIC observer status [check the QIC mailing list], I can
> assure you that by sheer numbers alone, the vast majority of tape
> drives in existance are QIC-117 compatable...
> 
> need i say anything else???

Yeah.  Explain why PIO to a chip without a FIFO to a drive where
the manufacturers try to "unique feature" each other to death (thereby
causing driver level incompatability) is a good thing?

Do I need to go into the whole "VHS sucks, but it still won over Beta"
discussion again?


					Regards,
					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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