[Info-vax] DLT8000 drive question

[David Turner, Island Computers]

Rich

I managed to buy the whole front door assemblie acouple of years ago for 
these - They cost me about $70 from Quantum (back then the autoloaders were 
50-60% less than standalone so it was worth it)

I would let them go for cost for two I guess

DT


"Rich Jordan" <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote in message 
news:0243e344-0dd1-4d0e-a39c-cddf87087f14 at g20g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
> I've never used or seen a loader for DLT drives in person and I have a
> customer with a question.  They picked up a couple of "loader ready"
> HP DLT8000 drives, mounted on skids with the back panels, as part of a
> bulk surplus hardware load.  The drives appear new/unused but they're
> in another state so I can't look at them.  That customer doesn't have
> (or want) a loader but the drives themselves would be nice to put into
> service.
>
> The cellphone picture they sent makes it look like they don't have a
> normal front bezel or loading lever.
>
> Can these drives be pulled from their skids/panels and used as
> standalone drives, either in a compatible enclosure or system bay,
> using normal power and SCSI cables?  Does the lack of a bezel/lever
> (lights?  Eject button???) compromise their usability?