[WinMac] Re: Tar & archive formats: OS X Not Ready for prime time

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:34:30 -0400

        Mike,

        I don't like TAR for the reasons Leonard enumerated. As for Omni, I
didn't even see anything on MacInTouch when I just looked through their
site.

        Oh, and by the way, courtesy of MacInTouch, punch up:

<<http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n60210> if you want a
good laugh...

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Mac OS X Server: Third-party PCI Cards Require Drivers Article ID:
60210

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Can I use a third-party PCI card with Mac OS X Server?

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Mac OS X Server uses a different driver model than Mac OS 8. Third party
PCI card vendors must write drivers specifically to support Mac OS X
Server. Currently no third-party vendors have announced plans to do so.
Mac OS X Server only includes drivers to support Apple's specific SCSI
and Ethernet BTO options for the Power Macintosh G3 line. Due to
variations between Apple and third party cards, even third-party cards
that are very similar to the Apple-supplied cards may not function
properly, if at all. Contact your card's vendor to determine if they are
currently selling a version of their product that they believe will work
with Mac OS X Server.

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<bold> Now, let's contrast this with Microsoft's extensive Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL), at:

 <<http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp>

        And Novell, for all its faults, has their "Yes" hardware list as
well...

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        Cheers!

        Dan

At 11:33 AM 9/22/99 -0500, you wrote:

>> Alright, how's THAT for battle-tested enterprise software - A

>>1.0 release!

>

>What is MacOS X Server, then? 1.o is not a bad thing, esp. if the

>software comes from Omni. But your statement was that there was no

>back up solution. You don't like tar although I still have not

>figured out why, and you ignore Omni. Does not sound like 'none' to

>me.

>

>>

>> Oh, and by the way, what about all of the SCSI driver &

>>firmware problems

>>with the (non-beige) G3 & G4 boxes with third party SCSI cards - Does
this

>>software require a specific tape drive and/or SCSI card because of
these

>>issues?

>>

>> [I correspond regularly with Paul Bunn at UltraBac over these

>>very issues;

>>and one of the biggest headaches is adapcrap SCSI chips & drivers...]

>>

>>At 11:00 AM 9/22/99 -0500, Mike B. wrote:

>> >> Actually, I believe it's *extremely* important to keep this

>> >>thread going,

>> >>because it is central to my recommendation to NOT deploy MacOS X
Server.

>> >

>> >Uhhh- OmniBackup??? Released 2 days ago???

>> >

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