I think Ethan's points are excellent; in fact, the main reason I had suggest
an SSD in the first place was because the real drives used with the 8/i were
not very large (by modern standards). I'd like to add that a major reason
for my desire for such a beast is the fact that I have absolutely no
peripherals for my 8/i, nor do I have the required boards to control them if
I did have them. Heck, I don't even currently have a complete machine, but
I'm working on it. I'll hopefully soon have a list of needed boards I can
post to the list... Anyone have any REAL manuals for the thing that they'd
part with? Or a paper tape reader? Please? *begs*
Will J