[Info-vax] rx2600 CD/DVD

[Richard Maher]

Hi Steve,

>    Reasonable enough?  Perhaps, but I have a tough time
> justifying investing one-third the cost of the computer in a
> DVD drive.  (But I'm well known to be cheap and to have a bad
> attitude.)

Best to look at the shipping costs to Perth WA in order to have your
expectations set appropriately :-(

Remember what you paid for your first VAXstation? I do; these Itanium things
are bloody cheap! (if you live in the US) Dodge beer for a week and by two.

Many thanks to John for the (I'm guessing) donnation of the CD/DVD; my
fingers are crossed.

Thanks also to FrankS, Sean, and all others who responded.

Cheers Richard Maher

"SMS" <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f94e72e5-78f4-456b-9ce9-aaff53f68f96 at b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> FrankS wrote:
>
> > The drive being sold by ServerWorlds (eBay item number 200289600031)
> > includes the clip that secures the drive in the chassis.  No other
> > hardware or connectors were required.
>
>    Mounting would be nice, but not so important as the cable
> connection.
>
> > Another C.O.V. user asked me privately about the plain DW-224E.  The
> > HP cable apparently is not compatible with the plain jane version.
> > You will likely avoid many self-inflicted headaches by just getting
> > the HP variant of the drive.
>
>    I assume that there's a cute adapter between the exotic
> cable and an ordinary optical drive.  Is that true, or does the
> drive itself have an exotic connector?  If there's an adapter,
> can you identify the thing?
>
> > N.B. - I have no affiliation with ServerWorlds.  It just so happens
> > they have the drives available at what I felt was a reasonable enough
> > price.  The one I received works perfectly to the extent I've used it.
>
>    Reasonable enough?  Perhaps, but I have a tough time
> justifying investing one-third the cost of the computer in a
> DVD drive.  (But I'm well known to be cheap and to have a bad
> attitude.)
>
>    Another advantage of the zx2000 is the normal-size IDE hole
> and the normal IDE cable.
>
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