From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 30 13:56:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03628 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:56:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03600 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:56:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA07841; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:42:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806302042.NAA07841@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strong opinions, anyone? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:42:08 -1000." <199806302042.KAA13954@pegasus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:42:26 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > } > } > The Exabyte 8200's are cheap, > } > } > } > } I'd consider them relatively expensive. DDS drives are much cheaper > } > } in Europe. The 8200 is also pretty old now. > } > > } > They are fairly inexpensive some places. > } > } Yes. Buy several, so you have a set of spare parts. > > There are a dozen or more places that repair and refurbish them, mostly > because they were the `only game in town' for so long in the `high > capacity' realm. Yup. Most of these are 'fixed-price' repairs in the $200-300 bracket. I used to do contract work for a shop that fixed these, back when they were hot stuff. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message