17 Jun
2005
17 Jun
'05
10:11 p.m.
I've got a chance to pick up an older (but not the oldest Bernoulli
Box). This is a single drive 20 MB unit that appears to the SCSI.
There are no cartridges and it is unknown if it works, but the price is
right. (Just shipping.)
- Is it worth saving?
- How are are cartridges to find?
- Assuming the worst, is there a Sam's Computerfacts or other technical
documentation for this beast?
Thanks,
Mike
17 Jun
17 Jun
11:50 p.m.
At 09:11 PM 6/17/05 -0500, you wrote:
I've got a chance to pick up an older (but not the
oldest Bernoulli
Box). This is a single drive 20 MB unit that appears to the SCSI.
There are no cartridges and it is unknown if it works, but the price is
right. (Just shipping.)
- Is it worth saving?
Well if you expect to be able to retire after selling it on E-bay you'll
be disappointed but they're a nice example of mid 80's computer technology.
I STILL miss the dual 20 Mb Bernoulli that I had.
- How are are cartridges to find?
EASY, check E-bay.
- Assuming the worst, is there a Sam's
Computerfacts or other technical
documentation for this beast?
I've never seen any but those things are dammed near bullet proof and
there's plenty of them available.
Joe
Thanks,
Mike
18 Jun
18 Jun
3:50 a.m.
At 09:11 PM 6/17/05 -0500, you wrote:
I've got a chance to pick up an older (but not the
oldest Bernoulli
Box). This is a single drive 20 MB unit that appears to the SCSI.
There are no cartridges and it is unknown if it works, but the price is
right. (Just shipping.)
- Is it worth saving?
Well if you expect to be able to retire after selling it on E-bay you'll
be disappointed but they're a nice example of mid 80's computer technology.
I STILL miss the dual 20 Mb Bernoulli that I had.
- How are are cartridges to find?
EASY, check E-bay.
- Assuming the worst, is there a Sam's
Computerfacts or other technical
documentation for this beast?
I've never seen any but those things are dammed near bullet proof and
there's plenty of them available.
Joe
Thanks,
Mike
11:33 a.m.
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Joe R. wrote:
The drives are common but there are few carthridge auctions. Still, I
guess they are easier to find than I thought :)
It took a bit of tinkering and figuring out the right combination of OS
and drivers but I got mine working and was able to retrieve files off of
about 18 a couple years back. They had very few errors between them. A
very robust system.
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- How are are
cartridges to find?
EASY, check E-bay. - Assuming the
worst, is there a Sam's Computerfacts or other technical
documentation for this beast?
I've never seen any but those things are dammed near bullet proof and
there's plenty of them available.
11:24 a.m.
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
I've got a chance to pick up an older (but not the
oldest Bernoulli
Box). This is a single drive 20 MB unit that appears to the SCSI.
There are no cartridges and it is unknown if it works, but the price is
right. (Just shipping.)
- Is it worth saving?
If you can use it.
- How are are cartridges to find?
Not easy.
- Assuming the worst, is there a Sam's
Computerfacts or other technical
documentation for this beast?
I have the drivers for the stock Bernoulli interface. These are supposed
to work with any SCSI card but I'm not so sure. I only always used the
Bernoulli interface. I might have a manual.
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5:45 p.m.
I've got a 230mb drive you can have for cheap. I'll have to hook it up
and scrub the cartridges (5 of 'em) but it's not doing me any good and
if you want one...
Jim
On Friday, June 17, 2005, at 07:11 PM, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
I've got a chance to pick up an older (but not the
oldest Bernoulli
Box). This is a single drive 20 MB unit that appears to the SCSI.
There are no cartridges and it is unknown if it works, but the price
is right. (Just shipping.)
- Is it worth saving?
- How are are cartridges to find?
- Assuming the worst, is there a Sam's Computerfacts or other
technical documentation for this beast?
Thanks,
Mike
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