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From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Faster disk driver & "Remote" for XENIX
Message-ID: <1990Jan10.053715.20157@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>
Date: 10 Jan 90 05:37:15 GMT
Organization: Workman & Associates
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Does anyone have a replacement floppy disk driver set for SCO XENIX?
The current (I have 2.3.2) '386 ones are terribly slow.  Zzzz.  Waiting
for Custom to finish unpacking is a good way to cure insomnia.  Hmm, for
that matter, so is dd or tar to a QIC-02 tape drive.  No, no special
drivers there--just mkdev tape for a Mountain DC600 system.

Also, looking for a "Carbon Copy" or "Remote" like program for
XENIX--y'know, like under DOS, so I can "eavesdrop" on what another user
is doing, teach, etc.  Tremendously useful on DOS & the Mac.  In fact,
CCI just added "Takeover" to their Concurrent DOS to do the
same--standard equipment.   The (extremely knowledgeable) SCO tech I
talked to didn't know of one, and wished for it.

Both these came up doing a hard-disk data recovery for a XENIX system
(yes, we occasionally do those--thanks to the many people who supplied
moral and tech support for their suggestions)--successful, more's the
amazement.  And I thought DOS drive-recoveries were bad...

Summarize?  Sure, I'll summarize if I get several responses.  Otherwise,
I'll just make sure to stay tuned to this modem.

	Alex