[geeks] storageworks

[Eric Dittman]

> >>>>    Hey folks.  I need a 5.25" storageworks DLT drive canister...does
> >>>> anyone have a spare one that they'd be willing to make a deal for?
> >>>
> >>> Those are like gold.
> >>
> >>    Yeah...and the little flexible connector strip in mine just tore.
> >
> > BTDT, cursed the replacement cost as being way too high.
> >
> > I have a "universal" SBB connector, but the DLT drive is too
> > big to allow me to use it as the cable is just too thick, so
> > I installed a different type of drive.  There just isn't
> > enough room for anything but the flexistrip cable.
> 
>    Fuuuuuck.

Those flexistrip (may actually be a specific vendor's cables,
but everyone I know calls them all flexistrip) cables are very
delicate.  They are also simple.  Unfortunately they are also
impossible to replicate for a hobbyist.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net
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