[Info-vax] rx2600 CD/DVD

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Richard Maher wrote:

> 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.

   So do I.  $0, plus about $50 to get it (a VAXsta
2000) shipped here from California.  The beer
budget here is too small, but I did get two rx2600
systems, anyway.  So far, the best result is the
CPU upgrade for my zx2000.

FrankS wrote:

> Those rx2600s are really under-priced.  [...]

   No such thing exists as an under-priced
computer.

> Also consider the time & money you're "investing" in trying to get a
> generic drive connected to the HP cable.  You've got to source the
> little adapter thingy on the back of the drive, then source the clip
> to hold the drive into the chassis, then keep your fingers crossed
> that it gets identified correctly by EFI and OpenVMS.

   My time is cheap these days.  I don't care much
about the mountings, and if you think that anyone
is getting custom firmware for a DVD drive these
days, well, let's just say that I doubt it.

> Spending $60 makes life much easier and, as I mentioned to Richard
> Maher, it avoids many self-inflicted headaches.

  My head's pain-free, so far.

   SMS.