Re: stock kernel 2.6.6 ftape driver, debian ftape-util 1:1.09.2000, old colorado jumbo 250(350), - no device or adress -

Hello Sir,

D. Thomas Podnar wrote:

> Skipping the technical issues, you should probably make your father aware
> that jumbo 250 tapes can only be read by what are now long discontinued
> devices.

im aware, but did you ever try to break an old fathers will?
he has build machinery with MTBF over 50 years, he cant accept that and 
hes right ;)
btw, its qic-80 and there many devices (ill get for no cost since theres 
no market for them anymore) on the used market around and a floppy 
controller will be as long as the ibm-pc standard. you cant tell that 
about scsi,isa,ide,pci,usb,iee1394, etc, always ONLY high performant 
interfaces need to be developed and changed in future, so no market need 
to change the old floppy interface (seen the failure of laser-servo 
floppies).

> 
> The odds of any computer being able to actually connect to something that
> runs off the floppy port, let alone have the right drivers be able to read
> the tape contents, are going to be very low indeed even five years from now.
> Ten years from now, even worse.

as everything in the quick consumer toys data backup market, how many 
years do your professional solutions guarantee? same 100 years of best 
quality legacy chemical processed photo or some printing i found in our 
city archive? will read your contract regulations... ;)
a still unsolved problem with electronic media, so the paradoxon 
computers are build for fast processing not longtime storage.

> 
> He may end up with perfectly preserved media, and no chance to extract
> the contents.

see above, but thank you very much.

now, someone up to help me with the ftape or not?

y
tom

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