[Info-vax] SBB's (was: Re: init/maximum_files on VMS 8.3)

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <slrnke6r4l.555.brad at coyote.home.earwicker>, you write: 

> > The only things I am actively looking for are 40 MB/s blue SBB disks in
> > sizes 2GB and 36 GB.
> [...]
> > Apart from my regular travels in Europe I will probably be in the USA 
> > this autumn.
> 
> Are you inflexible about the size?  

Like I say, I probably have enough of the other sizes, though I have 
room on my shelves for some more spares, but 2 and especially 36 GB 
would be interesting if they are a) blue (i.e. ULTRA) and b) wide 
(i.e. -VW) and perhaps going a bit out of my way to get.

> Where in the USA?  

Plans aren't firm yet, but probably travelling between Atlanta and Fort 
Worth, or vice versa, through Alabama.

> I have a number of
> SBB's with 72GB 10KRPM disks in them.  

Wow!  72 GB!  I thought 34 was the largest of the SBBs for the BA356.

> They worked very well in my BA356's
> for a number of years, but I have no further need for them.

Don't throw them out!

Where are you located?

If you are not on the way, perhaps shipping within the US would be an 
option.  How many do you have?

I started out with VMS 20 years ago.  My DISK$USER has now grown to 9 
GB, hence replacing it with an 18-GB disk.  I initialized it with enough 
headers and could grow it to 36 MB or even 72 if necessary.  I'm 48, so 
I'm thinking that I won't reach 36 MB before I die.  :-|  However, I 
moved from film to digital photography a few years ago (and even before 
that towards the end of my film photography got the negatives scanned) 
and like to put my photographs on disk.  I have them on CD or DVD but it 
is more convenient to have them on disk.  Also, with a shadow set where 
I can replace members when they fail, this might be more robust than CD 
or DVD.  (One hears that one should copy them every few years, but if 
something has already gone bad, then this won't help in such a case, 
though it might prevent further loss.)  I'm now at 18 GB for this disk, 
but 72 GB  within a few years is not at all unrealistic.  Thus, such 
disks would find a good home here and will hopefully see many years of 
service!