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- >>>>> "Bob" == Bob <bob@xnet.com> writes:
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- 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
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