Subject: Re: TS05
To: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca>
From: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/29/1997 16:05:54
Kevin,

If  the version isn't a concern try NetBSD 1.1a, it works right out of the
box (or internet).

Rick Copeland


At 02:38 PM 7/29/97 -0700, Kevin McQuiggin wrote:
>I want to work on this *if* I can ever get a working copy of NetBSD/Vax
>with a buildable kernel. 
>
>Kevin
>
>> > The last time I checked, NetBSD's only tape support was for TMSCP-style
>> > devices.  The TS11-type driver source was present, but it didn't compile
>> > and didn't work.  I see from the hypertext FAQ that TS11 tapes are
>> > now officially supported, so I would guess that at some point in the
>> > past 6 months or so somebody fixed it.  I never saw an announcement on
>> > the port-vax list that this was fixed, but that's not too unusual...
>> > 
>> No, that's a reverse-leftover. It did work once, and I added it to
>> the list of supported devices. I forgot to remove it when it stopped
>> working.
>> 
>> -- Ragge
>> 
>
>
>-- 
>Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
>mcquiggi@sfu.ca
>
>
Rick Copeland