Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 02:43:34 +0200 From: "Schmalzbauer, Harald" <H.Schmalzbauer@belenus.com> To: "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Onstream ADR support? Message-ID: <B14AF62CDA08D4118B8C00508B44A0B5154DA3@server02.belenus.com>
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"Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Pine.BSF.4.21.0009161838380.61197-100000@turtle.looksharp.net... > On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > > >In message <8q091r$1mum$1@ganerc.mips.inka.de> Christian Weisgerber writes: > >: out of the box without any need for special driver support. So an > >: ADR50 *should* work under FreeBSD, too. > > > >Ah. I was tramatized by their older version.... > > Yeah, I think when they reliazed what a PITA it was going to be to write > so many different drivers they saw the light that is standards. At the > time we last bought a SCSI tape drive the OnStream stuff was still non > standard so we went with AIT from Sony. I'm now looking at OnStream ADR > for home use. If I get a drive, I'll be sure to report it's operability > with FreeBSD. I've just orderd three of them and Onstrem gives the guarantee that the ADR50 works with EST's BRU. I'll check out and give a short reply next week. I think the technic sounds good and since Onstream is a daughter of Philips, who has experience in tape drives with BetacamSP and DigitalBetacam (both professional highend TV standard) I give it a chance. The price is very sensible! Thanks all, Harry > Brandon D. Valentine > -- > bandix at looksharp.net | bandix at structbio.vanderbilt.edu > "Truth suffers from too much analysis." -- Ancient Fremen Saying > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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