[Info-vax] Nemonix & VSI Press release

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <551599d3$0$41742$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f at news.astraweb.com>,
	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> On 15-03-27 13:10, abrsvc wrote:
>>  In other words, they can provide RA type drives that are in reality currently available laptop type drives. 
> 
> Ahhh, think about it. They can provide a SSD solution with 1 chip right
> in the middle of the large RA-82 drawer to give you that 600 meg of
> storage !
> 
> Huge advantage with less power draw, less heat and of course less noise.
> Wonder if they have to leave all the fans in :-)
> 
> BTW, removing the steel "tabs" to which the RA82 components were bolted
> (to make a nice clean drawer to store stuff in) was a real bitch. Those
> RA drive drawers were built like tanks.

When I hear people talking about being careful to not shake their laptop
too hard so the drive doesn't break it makes me laugh.  I remember driving
back from New Jersey with a dozen RA drives in the back of my Volvo Station
Wagon bouncing on the suspension stops because it was so overloaded.  :-)
Oh yeah.....  All of them still worked fine when I got them here.  Some
may still be working today up in Bufallo.

I always suspected that I could have dropped one out the third floor window
and it would still have worked.  Nobody built hardware like DEC.

bill

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