by I have a CMS Jumbo 250 QIC-80 tape drive and so have been trying to
follow the discussion on linux drivers for them and I have a suggestion.
I read in some of the FAQ (or a posting, or something along those lines),
that the old SCSI drivers (before the interupt driven ones) would hold
control of the CPU to do their stuff (slowing down the system a great
deal, but if it works...), and that this might possibly work for the
QIC-40/80 drives. I am willing to help the programing effort if the
interested parties will assist. Please send/post your thoughts and
opinions on this. I would like very much to be able to use my tape drive
under Linux. I am somewhat new to the net, and to Linux, and have not
yet had the time to look into getting on the mailing-lists, but should
be able to soon. Sorry if this is territory that has been covered
before.
GREAT and MANY THANKS to Linus and the others for giving the 386 a
decent operating system!! I have been looking for something like this
for years.
wdh
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