31 Jan
2014
31 Jan
'14
7:54 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 02:49:24PM -0600, Jonathan Katz wrote:
Volume economics. Let's broker a mass deal? If we (cctech/cctalk
population) order like 100 among all of us, there has to be some kind
of volume discount. I can think of at least 4-5 machines of my own
that I can use this tech in.
I too have several machines that will need and already need replacement
drives. However at the current price(75$), and even at half that, I
would need some indication that it will work or at the very least that
the developer is willing to do changes to get it compatible with my
hardware(SGI, Amiga, PDP-11, VAX, Mac, PC).
I see it is open source, if a community of testers/developer is built
arround this I could get on the bandwagon.
Would it be possible for this device, with another firmware, to double
as a replacement for IDE drives.
/Pontus.
Very cool - only problem is, a lot of us will need a
couple dozen of them :)
Agreed. If they were cheap enough, I'd buy 10. Practically speaking,
I'm more likely to buy 3-4. It's tempting to consider a domestic run
of boards but it would take a large volume to get the cost under $30
each.