[Hudlug] old hardware disposal
Anne Wilson
hudlug at mailman.lug.org.uk
Tue Feb 4 11:20:01 2003
On Tuesday 04 Feb 2003 11:15 am, Chris Lindley wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 10:58, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 03 Feb 2003 11:51 pm, Tim Bray wrote:
> > > Chris Lindley wrote:
> > > I'm also looking for:
> > >
> > > 72 pin simms. Old non edo ones. Even if they are only 1 or 2 me=
g.
> > > PCI or ISA parallel port card.
> >
> > I have a variety of ancient 72pin SIMMS - some of them would probably=
fit
> > your need. I'll bring them tonight all being well.
> >
> > Is anyone interested in an external Iomega Ditto backup drive - the s=
nag
> > being that it used I's own 2Gb tape, of which I only have one. I don=
't
> > know whether compatible tapes exist.
>
> I used to use one of the 400/800 meg Iomega Ditto drives. Although
> Iomega didn't say so, it was compatible with standard tapes. DC120 I
> think! I would assume that the one you've got is the same!! The normal
> tapes are also a lot cheaper!!!! :-)
If anyone wants to have a go they can take it away. I used to have one o=
f the=20
smaller internal drives, and certainly found that I could use the standar=
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ones, as you say. I just don't know whether that is true of this one.
I hate throwing things away, but am happy to see them finding a new use.
BTW, I have an ISDN router - don't ask! Anyone got a use for it?
Anne
>
> > I also have two brand new, boxed, 'Mobile Rack' HDD cradles - makes y=
our
> > HDD removeable. The box says supports UDMA 33/66/100. Anyone
> > interested?
> >
> > Someone recently asked about DAT tapes. I have a quantity of used DD=
S-90
> > 4mm DAT tapes. Even if I decide to put the drive back on to the syst=
em,
> > I'll never need that many again. If whoever was wanting some still d=
oes,
> > I'll bring one along for trial.
> >
> > Anne
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