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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA18033 for <executor@nacm.com>; Wed, 26 Apr 1995 01:33:04 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id CAA24631; Wed, 26 Apr 1995 02:36:05 -0600 Received: from beaut.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0s42W8-000YbmC; Wed, 26 Apr 95 02:32 MDT Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0s42W8-00000BC; Wed, 26 Apr 95 02:32 MDT Message-Id: <m0s42W8-00000BC@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 02:32 MDT From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford Thomas Matthews) To: Bob <bob@xnet.com> Cc: executor@nacm.com, questions@ardi.com Subject: Re: SCSI In-Reply-To: <199504260232.VAA22311@monsoon.xnet.com> References: <199504260232.VAA22311@monsoon.xnet.com> Sender: owner-executor@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Bob" == Bob <bob@xnet.com> writes: Bob> since SCSI drives are supposed to work, should any SCSI Bob> device be accessible pending software that doesn't crash? Nope. Just SCSI disks. Bob> ie, i'd like to be able to access a DAT drive. i tried Bob> running Retrospect and it _almost_ worked, but then it got Bob> some error that i forgot to write down. looked like an Bob> unimplemented system call. would it be worth my effort to Bob> try and find some other software or will the tape drive just Bob> plain not work yet? Sorry, SCSI device stuff is manpower intensive and hence can't be done until after 2.0 is shipping. It's easy enough to convert Macintosh SCSI calls into ASPI SCSI calls, but handling unexpected conditions is tough, and naturally any support of this kind needs huge amounts of testing. --Cliff ctm@ardi.com