[Info-vax] search for SDI and SMD disks (in europe)

[Hans Vlems]

On 30 mei, 10:08, Johnny Billquist <b... at softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2011-05-30 00.35, Hans Vlems wrote:
>
> > On 28 mei, 14:01, shadoooo<shado... at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >> To restore a couple of old machines I'm searching for fixed and/or
> >> removable disks.
> >> For one machine I would need an SMD disk or cartridge drive.
> >> For the other machine, I need an SDI disk unit.
> >> If anybody has some to sell a reasonable price, please let me know.
> >> Thanks
> >> Andrea
>
> > eBay lists an RA73-E for US$150 and $40 shipping to the Netherlands,
> > Italy probably about the same rate.
> > That's 120 euros, a bargain....
>
> RA73 is a nice drive. 2Gb. Pretty small form. You might want to locate
> one those boxes that holds 4 RA7x drives, though, as that is the normal
> package you used to have front panel for the disk drive. But I guess it
> is possible to run the drive without the front panel too.
>
> Think it might have been DECs last SDI drive.
>
>         Johnny

Yes, that's probably right and may be the reason for its relatively
low price.
Other RA7x drives on eBay are more expensive, even with a smaller
capacity.
Hans