From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:16:25 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: "Colin W. Glenn" cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" Subject: Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk 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 Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Close windows, and OpenDOS! http://www.caldera.com/dos/dos.htm