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From: ajw@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Andy Wilcox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: 8mm 2.3 GB Video Backup Device Query
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Date: 14 Dec 88 10:58:29 GMT
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Original-Date: 3 Dec 88 01:27:20 GMT
X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 52, message 8 of 14

> Why buy a device driver?

Well, it *is* possible to get a sun configuration that does not have a
scsi port.  And, this being said, it is possible to buy a scsi card, sans
driver, from a third party.  This happened 'round these parts.  In this
case, you've got scsi card A, and a scsi driver for card B... 

--Andy Wilcox, U Florida