Michael Richardson writes:
>   Someone sent me a patch to try to get my notebook IDE drive
> to come back to life after a suspend. I seem to have since lost this
> patch. I think it was Charles that sent it to me, but I'm really not
> certain. Can you resent?  

The fix is in -current.

>   I see three options: 1. get an IDE drive with this system (cheapest)
> 				buy SCSI tape and controller later

Very Very Bad.

> 		       2. get a SCSI drive and cheap controller (NCR, or ??)
> 				- buy tape, upgrade controller later

Not so bad.

> 		       3. get a SCSI drive and expensive controller
> 				(Adaptec 219x, or ???), and get the
> 				tape drive a bit further in the future.
> 
>   I prefer #2.

Probably sane.

Perry