10 Jul
1998
10 Jul
'98
2:42 a.m.
you aren't willing to pay for shipping across the pond? They're not too
incredibly heavy, if you just want a pair or two. Admittedly, I have no
clue whatsoever about how much it costs to ship overseas.
I've done it. $5 to $15 per pound ($11 to $33 per kilo) is the ordinary
range, depending on sea/air and continent. Contrast this with UPS rates
of *approximately* $1 to $2 per pound for ground service.
Hell, for a moderate price, I'll throw in the two
RA70s and three KDA50s.
I'm kinda trying to get away from SDI...
If you don't get any international takers, I'm interested in cheap SDI
hardware. I'd love to get away from it, but I have only 1 SCSI board for
all my VAXen/PDP-11's (a CS-21 with *no* docs), but several SDI interfaces
(UDA-50 and KDB50 - I have a VAX 8300). My current main disk is a third-
party SDI/ESDI box with two 1.2G 5.25" ESDI drives inside. My current
backup/reserve disk is an RA-81. As you can imagine, I hate powering
that one on. I would love a KDA-50 and RA70 - it would go so nicely in
my BA123.
I'm in Ohio; I could probably arrange for a pickup. I have a housemate
who is originally from St. Louis. We go back there several times per year.
-ethan
P.S. while I'm here, I'll ask is anyone has any docs on a CS-21 Qbus SCSI
interface. It has a logo which I think is Systems Industries (a stylized
double-S). I could even use a jumper list. I'm about to get out the
Qbus manual and the voltmeter to match up jumpers with address bits.