Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:42:26 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strong opinions, anyone? Message-ID: <199806302042.NAA07841@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:42:08 -1000." <199806302042.KAA13954@pegasus.com>
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> } > } > 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
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