Archive BBS? (was: Tar Tape problems)

[Eric Schnoebelen]

In article <879 at compnect.UUCP> johncore at compnect.UUCP (John Core ) writes:
- In article <1990Nov20.205828.9217 at jadpc.cts.com>, jdeitch at jadpc.cts.com
-		 (Jim Deitch) writes:
- > In article <1990Nov19.153249.4308 at wdl1.wdl.fac.com> rme at spl26.spl.fac.com
- >		 (Richard M Emberson Jr) writes:
- > >I've got a 386 AT clone, ISC2.2, and an Archive drive. After reading four
- > >or five tape (tar -xfv /dev/rmt0) the next attempt to read a tape hangs.
- >
- > Hmmm... I told Archive about this 3 months ago.  They said they had
- > never heard of it, nor experienced it.

        I had a similar problem with the archive drivers for Microport
Unix/386.  (this was two years ago) I finally discovered that if the
machine was quiet for a couple of days, the drive would come back to
life.  Really sucked.

        When I told them about it, They were rather amazed that it
existed, but had no plans to try and fix it.  Fortunately, I left that
company, and now run an ISC box, that works quite realiably.

- they now have a bbs running so you can download new drivers

        Any more information about this BBS, short of my trying to call
Archive.  (I really hate trying to call there, since I almost always get
offered a call back, which I miss, etc..  )

-- 
Eric Schnoebelen		eric at cirr.com		schnoebe at convex.com
		    C Code.  C Code Run.  Run, Code, RUN!
			       PLEASE!!!!