[rescue] forgive me father, for I have sinned

Sheldon T. Hall shel at cmhcsys.com
Tue Mar 2 09:35:25 CST 2004


David L Kindred (Dave) said ...
> >>>>> "Devin" == Devin L Ganger <devin at thecabal.org> writes:
>> Bill Bradford wrote:
[ he dumped an Auspex ]
>>
>> I'm going to be in the same boat soon with my Auspex NS5500.
>>
> Must be a trend.  We'll have an NS5000 (hand re-badged as an NS7000/500)
> and an NS7000/250 available shortly ourselves.
>
> It's a shame too, these were damn nice boxes in their day.  I guess that
> happens when the vendor goes bankrupt.  Problem is, even the parts
> aren't that useful (especially from the older system).  Who wants 1G
> 5.25 FULL HEIGHT drives anymore?

Will it take bigger drives?  23 GB FH drives are all over eBay, and for
cheap.  Something that likes lots of FH drives would seem to be the natural
home for those drives.  How often do you have the chance to increase your
storage by a factor of 23?  I know it won't quiet the lusers, but still....

-Shel



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