From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:16:25 -0500 (EST)
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To:	"Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:

> > > > I'd love to be able to access a tape drive as a disk, do a DIR and you
> > > > until you see the file you want, then copy it out of the tape drive to
> > > 
> > > Sure!  Why not?  Even though I don't have a tape unit, I can see
> > > that as a GREAT benifit to those that do.
> 
> > I don't know.
> > Is it technically possible.
> > 'Coz I think that if it was technically possible, that the
> > tape-software-manufactunerds (hi hi :-) ) would've already done something
> > like that.
> 
> Errr, it's not so much the fact that the TSM's haven't done something like
> that, it's just that perhaps I'm the first to voice the need to be able to
> do something like this out loud?  The tape hardware isn't that complex,
> it's the driver which would have to be complex because it will be
> accessing the tape drive in real time instead of the backup/restore
> software handling the task.  More than likely it'll have to be one of our
> RM/PM DLL drivers, one which doesn't get loaded until you access the tape
> drive as a virtual drive.  It then gets loaded and runs the tape drive as
> though it was just a dir, hiding the complex nature of accessing the tape.
> You'd still have to wait for the driver to do it's work, tapes _are_ _not_
> instantaneous access, they are crawl access.

> > > If anyone wants to add to the wishlist, please drop me a line.
> 
> To be able to run Lunix binaries under OpenDOS.  =)

Lunix?  Never heard of it.  :o)  Seriously though, what programs
would you like to run under OpenDOS?  There probably is a port of
whatever program you want to run.  If not, chances are that the
sources are available and could be ported.

TTYL

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