Hi,
David Largent, at Largent(a)MBRNET.INTEREX.ORG, has some old HP disk
drives available (in Muncie, Indiana). The HP 7925 is a 120 MB
disk with an HP-IB interface (removable disk pack).
The HP 7933 is a 400 MB disk with an HP-IB interface (non-removable,
although extremely closely related to the HP 7935, which is removable).
The drives are about the size of a 2-drawer filing cabinet ... and
heavier.
If you're interested in them, contact him ... not me!
His posting:
OK. With all this talk about the old venerable 7925
and 7933 disc
drives, it makes me realize that I still have a pair (a master and a
slave) of 7925s sitting here in a corner with boxes stacked on top of
them. They're left over from a 3000/42 that we sold years ago, and
were fully operational when they were disconneted. I think I even
have the manuals for them!
We're going to be relocating our offices in a few weeks, and it makes
no sense to move them. Thus a few questions...
- Does anybody want them? They're your's if you pay to get them
delivered to you. (We _might_ [read: probably not] even be willing
to share in the cost if you can offer a good home and there's not too
much cost involved.)
- Assuming nobody wants them (or parts of them), what should I do w/
them? A few ideas come to mind...
- Haul them to the junk yard for scrap metal.
- Sell them for "precious metal". (Is there any in it???!)
- Leave them in the old building and let the new occupents
figure out what to do w/ them. (hehehe)
Being the pack rat that I am, and a long-time, loyal HP customer,
it's difficult to think about simply hauling them off to the junk
yard. Seems like they at least deserve a burial or something!
Now I'll sit back and wait for those "creative" (or real) suggestions
to start coming my way from the list. :-)
-dll
David L. Largent "My thoughts are my own,
Information Services Manager unless I choose to share them!"
The Gilbert Companies, Inc. Telephone: 765/284-4461
P.O. Box 1032 Facsimile: 765/288-2079
Muncie, Indiana 47308-1032 Email: Largent(a)MbrNet.Interex.Org
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