In article <m0wQQGP-0029imC@thetics.europa.com> you write:
> As far as I know, there is no support for any of the various floppy
> controller based tape drives in NetBSD nor has anyone on the kernel
> team expressed any interest in developing any.

Say, whatever happened to Jesus whats-his-name and his legendary floppy
tape driver anyway? Did he finally vanish down the same wormhole as the
Jolitzim, or what? That was a multi-year-long thread, but it seems to
have more faded out than ever to have come to a conclusion.