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- From: agc@weasel.demon.co.uk (Alan Charlton)
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- Subject: Re: QIC-02 Status ?
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 12:34:44 +0000
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- In article <1992Dec29.132655.4111@camaro.uucp> tfoley@camaro.uucp (Tim Foley) writes:
- >
- > What is the current version/status of the QIC-02 Drivers? I have a copy
- > of them but they are still BETA and meant for .96a ...
- >
-
- The latest I've seen is dist-2c which is on most of the usual ftp sites.
-
- I can't get it to work with 0.99.1 though - it doesn't even see my tape
- controller (although this *could* be a fault with the hardware). However,
- the patches apply fairly easily and compile cleanly. I think the ioctl.h
- and mtio.h which come with the patches are now out of date, having been
- included in the 0.99 kernel.
-
- >
- > I can't seem to mail the author, keeps bouncing...
- >
- >
- > I'm using 0.99p1, and I have the following drives:
- >
- > Archive 5945c & Sc400 Full-Length Card
- > & Wangtek Full-Length Card
- > & Genoa QIC-02 Half Card
-
- I've got a Mountain Technologies controller and 250Mb drive of the same make.
- I don't know the model numbers, unfortunately.
-
- >
- > Does anyone have them working with 0.99 and is the qic-02 support now
- > in the kernel?
-
- Errr, no - see above :-(
-
- >
- > If there is a newer qic-02 driver, where is it available? Thanks guys
-
- I'd like to know this, too.
-
- TIA,
-
- Alan.
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