15 Apr
2003
15 Apr
'03
10:38 a.m.
Just checking
since I've seen others slip before ...
The RRD42 takes the standard "flip-top" caddy that
must have been made in their millions.
Well, that's a relief. Can you point me to a source for these common caddies?
17 Apr
17 Apr
6:05 p.m.
On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
SGI used Toshiba drives that used these caddies for their 4D Deskside
systems. Apple had a number of drives that used these caddies. I have an
external Apple cdrom that uses them, and it seems like the MacTV systems
I've seen also used them.
Well,
that's a relief. Can you point me to a source for these common
caddies?
Try places that carry old PC junk. This type of CD-ROM was used
primarily in 1-4x CD-ROM's that were seen in PC's (the fastest I've seen
is an 8x that I put in my PDP-11/73). Of course you can also find this
style CD-ROM in DEC, Sun, and probably other manufacturer's equipment (I
think Apple had one drive of this style). Actually your best place to look might be eBay,
I'd imagine they're
pretty easy to find there.
Just be glad you don't have one of the drives that use the 'pincer'
caddies!
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.
[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.]
-Toth
18 Apr
18 Apr
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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