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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 10/21/2011 12:57 PM, Jim Hopkins wrote:
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> Thanks to all for the input. I think I will probably just offer to
> haul it off after initalizing the disks in their presence to clear
> the data, which is probably their main concern. I'll likely have some
> hardware questions for the group if and when I get it.
>
> Jim Hopkins
>

Initializing a disk does NOT remove data from the disk.  It makes the 
data inaccessible by normal means.

To actually remove the data on disk, you need to write erase patterns to 
every block on disk.  You might want to Google for "DOD Erase" which is 
a pretty good method for removing your data from disk.

Just don't use it on the wrong disk! ;-)