From: hoppie@kub.nl (Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers) Subject: QIC40/80 Driver Update Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 06:21:12 GMT
Hello CMS lovers/haters,
There's not much news on the QIC40/80 driver project, although some
people started browsing through the MACH/LINUX source that became
available. I did so myself and found out that the whole is rather messy
but that parts of it seem to be quite readable. If we use this one
as a template and rebuild the whole thing, it could work.
Update on BackMaster:
From: rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden)
I was on the Backmaster BBS the other night and saw the following posted at
login:
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STATUS UPDATE OF BACKMASTER
BackMaster is OUT of its holding pattern. The March OS/2 2.1 Beta has
numerous fixes in it. Two of which will allow us to finish
development. We will be busy "putting the pieces together" over the
next couple of weeks. All of the features for version 1.0 are in place
and any new features will be held for later versions and/or revisions.
The next Demo and Beta will have the tape support enabled although the
demo will not have data compression available. We expect to have the
next demo and beta available within a couple of weeks (barring any new
problems).
This does however bring several of questions.
First 'Will BackMaster still support OS/2 2.0?'
The answer is yes and no. If IBM releases a CSD to patch 2.0
with the 2.1 corrections then YES, BackMaster will work on 2.0.
Second 'How will I get these CSD's if released?'
We will make available any public release CSD's from IBM on this
BBS. (With IBM approval)
Third 'Should I get the March 2.1 Beta?'
Yes! For Backmaster to work correctly, you will need at least
the March 2.1 Beta. Besides, it seems to work well.
BE SURE to read any IBM readme files in the beta!
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Looks like good news for those CMS jumbo owners out there! I just hope
that IBM gets it's act together and releases a CSD to fix 2.0!
--Ronald Van Iwaarden
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