From: fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca (Denis Fortin) Subject: Re: Forward: QIC-80 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 05:07:29 GMT
In article <9309261951.AA27137@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr> Kostas Kourakis writes:
> I've seen your suggestion regarding the creation of support
>for the Mitsumi CD Rom Drive [on 386BSD], and certainly it's a wise move, I
>could never understand why very popular and cheap hardware was kind of
>"snubbed at" my most of the recent OS (including Unixware, NT etc.).
Actually, Windows NT now has a shareware (cheap, $20 I think) driver for
the Mitsumi CDROM drive written by a fellow in Germany (Email:
100273.334@compuserve.com)... Which means I may buy one if I can find
one for cheap again (a local store had them for about $200 recently).
Windows NT also supports some inexpensive floppy-based tape drives
(QIC-40/QIC-80), such as the CMS Jumbo-250... (I have the Hardware
compatibility list somewhere)
Anyway, my intent is not to start another "my O/S is better than
your O/S" war, but just to point out something I'd just discovered.
(Yay! I may be back in the market for a CDROM and tape drive soon.)
(For the record, I run both NT and FreeBSD at home, so I'm not biased ;-)