18 Apr
2003
18 Apr
'03
4:37 a.m.
Just how uncommon are the RRD40 caddies? I managed to
obtain some caddies
for my RRD40, so I think I've been rather lucky. I remember reading not
too long ago that the things seemed to be made of unobtanium.
They're darn hard to find. The real shock was when I found one in a brand new
computer room that I *KNOW* for a fact doesn't have any RRD40 drives in it, and
neither did the computer room that the equipment was moved from, or the one before that
one! I still wonder where on earth that caddie came from.
A year or so ago I managed to find a bare drive from the original manufacturer, still in
the box, and with a caddie! Now that was a shock!
Those two cases are in addition to the RRD40 and Caddie that I bought from Jim Willing a
few years ago.
[Note to the folks who are considering emailing me to
ask if I will give
away a caddy: You couldn't pry my RRD40 caddies from my cold dead
fingers.]
Ditto.
Zane
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