Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:06:55 +0100 From: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: onStream? Message-ID: <199911102306.AAA24666@bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: mjacob's message of Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:52:47 -0800. <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911101050530.11884-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911101050530.11884-100000@semuta.feral.com>, Matthew Jacob writes: > >> > > > > >> > > > > Yes, it never came to much,. >> > > > >> > > > Does that mean there's no further development on the OnStream SCSI dri >ver >> > > > or that it's just slowed way down? >> > > >> > > Now on the bottom of my stack of priorities. Slowed way down as in >> > > 'glacial'. If I resume it at all, it will be after December. There are f >ar >> > > more important things to take care of for FreeBSD than OnStream. >> > >> > If someone else seriously wants to take this on, we do have more sample >> > hardware and documentation. >> >> I'll seriously ponder this. I have the need and no desire to do business >> with Exabyte again. > >It's not clear that OnStream is the answer here. I lost some of my >interest in supporting OnStream when they weren't particularly interested >in doing a changer. Not only is the amount of running around with this What do you mean by "doing a changer"? If you need anything, the guy I spoke to *may* be able to help. >device grief, but for only 25-50GB? It's true that it's a cheap drive, but >you know, therere are definitely other devices out there too. > They have 70GB in the picture and are working on bigger drives. The guy I spoke to also claimed that the drives are more reliable than dat. Regards, Marc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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