[rescue] tape drive with no SCSI

Thu Nov 8 08:04:40 CST 2001

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I think I'd rather have the U30 than the basic blade 100.  

There's just something fundamentally wrong with offering a UNIX workstation
with no built-in SCSI. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hansen [mailto:n2vip at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:37 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] tape drive with no SCSI

Oh, they may be coming off lease for a while now...

IMHO they won't run out anytime soon (next three months).

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] tape drive with no SCSI

> On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 08:19:14PM -0500, George Adkins wrote:
> > I think I'd rather pay $500 for a used U30 with a 300Mhz Ultrasparc in
> > it with 256M of RAM, and put a $100 9 gig SCA drive in it. then buy a
Creator
> > and some more ram if necessary
>
> Those $500 U30s wont last forever.. and by the time you add more disk and
> RAM, and shipping, you might as well just buy the $999 Blade 100.

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I think I'd rather have the U30 than the basic blade =
100.  </FONT>
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There's just something fundamentally wrong with =
offering a UNIX workstation with no built-in SCSI.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Ken Hansen [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:n2vip at yahoo.com">mailto:n2vip at yahoo.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:37 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: rescue at sunhelp.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: [rescue] tape drive with no SCSI</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Oh, they may be coming off lease for a while =
now...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>IMHO they won't run out anytime soon (next three =
months).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Ken</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>----- Original Message -----</FONT>
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<mrbill at mrbill.net></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: <rescue at sunhelp.org></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 9:46 PM</FONT>
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> On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 08:19:14PM -0500, George =
Adkins wrote:
 > > I think I'd rather pay $500 for a used U30 =
with a 300Mhz Ultrasparc in
 > > it with 256M of RAM, and put a $100 9 gig =
SCA drive in it. then buy a
 Creator
 > > and some more ram if necessary
 >
 > Those $500 U30s wont last forever.. and by the =
time you add more disk and
 > RAM, and shipping, you might as well just buy =
the $999 Blade 100.

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