Re: Parallel Tape vs. PacketTwin - pt name clash

Paul Schmidt (paul.schmidt@ssa.crane.navy.mil)
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 12:53:47 -0500

David Todd wrote:
>
> $.02:
>
> I hate both of those names, pt makes me think pseudo terminal.
>
> How about you name your device and driver pmt, for Parallel Magnetic Tape?
> Or even pamt (Par. Atapi Mag. Tape). I'd go with the first over the second,
> unless there is a parallel port Non-Atapi tape drive that is being used.

Or ptape, since the floppy-tape driver is ftape?

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