[Info-vax] rx2600s on eBay

[JC]

Hi there everyone.

First of all, thanks to everyone here for posting messages which
enabled me
to become aware of the bargain priced rx2600 servers.

I ordered some of these directly from the Vendor (Asset Recovery
Corporation)
I spoke to a very helpful lady called Penny in their customer Service
department.
As I live in Ontario Canada it didn't look good but Penny said they
would be
prepared to sell and ship to me in the great white north. The price
was a little
higher than on ebay, but not by much, although the shipping charges
are a little
steep.

Anyway, I am expecting delivery of my servers soon (they are currently
stuck in
Canadian customs awaiting clearance). I am wondering if anyone has any
experience in sourcing reasonably priced DVD-ROM drives for these
servers.
Do these servers already include the IDE cable required for connection
of
the DVD-ROM drive.

I have noticed there seem to be good ebay deals on bare 73gb 15K
Fujitsu drives
at the moment, so I will be getting some of these I think. Comments on
this
group seem to indicate that the drive trays included with these
servers
are OK to work with as I was uncertain if they would fit bare drives
properly.

John Cookson


On Mar 20, 6:58 pm, Jim Mehlhop <mjim1... at qwest.net> wrote:
> sapienzaf wrote:
> > On Mar 20, 2:19 pm, "Hein, Nashua NH" <heinvandenheu... at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>Sorry for replying to myself, but Daniel S send me an Email alerting
> >>me
> >>to $30 DS2100 'pizza boxes' with 2 drives. Even with the highish
> >>shipping and handling that's probably the best way to get drives right
> >>now.
>
> > The other two slots may have blanks (not drive carriers).  They look
> > the same from the face.
>
> > I did a search a few weeks ago using the sled part numbers and came up
> > with some on eBay.  I think they were $15 each (no disk drive).  I
> > don't have the numbers in front of me right now or I'd post them for
> > you.
>
> My rx2600 (the one I am using to reply to this) included the trays in
> the driver 0 and 1 slots.
>
> I bought a drive in a tray for about $150 73GB 10k, before I received
> the system and saw the trays.  :-(
>
> Now I can buy a plain Ultra320 disk and mount it in my trays.
>
> Jim