Re: Current version of GSTape?

[sbehrens@bigfoot.com (Sönke Behrens)]

Devin,

> The latest copy _I_ have is 2.1.5; I don't know if it is _the_ latest
> copy.  Tim distributes updates by distributing patches to the original
> disk.  The patch should be available on caltech/ground. <Devin looks.>

Thanks for sending the patch, it applied fine. However, the=20
resulting files are exactly the same I already had, and they all say=20
2.1.3 (both in version resource and about).
I have jotted down the phone number and will check whether it is=20
still valid. So far, it just gives me a busy tone ... but maybe it=20
_is_ busy, after all :)

It might be 2.1.3 is the last there was. Quite possibly so.

> He could also be away for a while.  Granted that I haven't communicated
> with him in at least a year, he has always answered within a few days.

He might've moved, or is "not there" right now, yeah.

> BTW, if you're using a RAMFast, ensure that in */System/Drivers the=20
> GSTape.Driver comes _right_ after RamFAST.DRIVER.  I had a few other
> drivers between those, and for some reason my tape drive wasn't being
> recognised.

My tape drive recognised fine, until today at around 19:20. Then I=20
heard a whirring noise from it, and it started to smoke. I had left a=20
tape in it, to allow for automated backup, and somehow the unit must=20
have had a defect that caused it to draw too much current with a tape=20
inserted ... part of the power supply unit blew up. Darn lucky my=20
RamFAST and hard drives survived: The SCSI connector that lead to the=20
drive was warm to the touch right after the drive blew up.

Oh well. Back to my full-height, 5.25" 60MB drive. Means I won't get=20
all my data on one cartridge, but it's better than shelling out DM=20
400 for a new 4GB drive: which has more capacity than I'd want to=20
shake a  stick at, and is still the cheapest thing I can get (250MB=20
drives actually cost more ... can you believe that?)

Cheers
Soenke
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