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From: rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Rich Carreiro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: UNIX drivers for 3rd party hardware
Summary: Will they exist?
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Message-ID: <1990Apr7.044529.4320@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 90 04:45:29 GMT
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Reply-To: rlcarr@space.mit.edu (Animato)
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I recently had a disturbing thought - what will happen to those of us who
have non-CBM drive controllers when UNIX is released.

I have a Microbotics HardFrame.  I called them yesterday to ask this question.
I was told that *IF* CBM makes the appropriate details known, then they will
consider working on it.  The person said that they don't have any real
intention of grinding out UNIX drivers all by themselves because they feel
(and probably justifiably so) that there won't be a demand for them.

So, if I want UNIX, does that mean I am out of luck unless I get a CBM
controller?  Or does CBM plan to help 3rd party people with disk (and other)
UNIX drivers?

I realize that UNIX hasn't even beeen released yet, but the answer to this 
question (or even an authoritative hint) would be *VERY* important to
those of us with non-CBM controllers, or those currently looking for a 
controller, who are also interested in UNIX, IMHO.

And finally, if I end up selling my HardFrame and getting a 2091, will I
have to reformat the drive, or could I get away with just running CBM's
prep program?

Thanks for any answers that anyone can provide.


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