[Info-vax] Price/Value of Used VAX 4000/700

[Bob Koehler]

In article <howard-0CBD14.02171021102011 at news.giganews.com>, Howard S Shubs <howard at shubs.net> writes:
> In article <5M8vezmCoT7q at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
>  koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:
> 
>>    If all he has is a DSSI bus, he'd better grab all the DSSI disks
>>    he can.  Adding a SCSI, if the system doesn't already have one, might
>>    not quite be free.
> 
> No DSSI disks have been made in something like 15 years.  They're all on 
> the edge of failure at best.  Do not spend money on them.

   I've got lots of aged disks in my hobbyist cluster, running long
   after thier expected lifetime.  I also have tape drives and do
   backups.

   But, IIRC, the OP was looking at a freebie, not an expenditure.  If
   he has to choose between buying DSSI and buying SCSI plus a SCSI
   controller, then yes, the latter is probably a better investment.

   But a choice between free DSSI and expenses might not make sense
   for day one for a hobbyist.