13 Feb
2007
13 Feb
'07
2:59 a.m.
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
Speaking of which...does it make sense to start
preserving
(hoarding) older, low-capacity hard drives, be they IDE or SCSI, for
smaller machines? They seem to be drying up fast.
I've been doing that for some time, and probably have about 50 or so stockpiled.
BUT, it may be just a waste of time. I put up 20 100-450 MB IDE and SCSI HDs on
VCM, then Ebay, and back on VCM more out of curiosity to see if there was a
demand. Right now, there doesn't seem to be.
13 Feb
13 Feb
11:27 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin at rain.org>
To: "ClassicCmp" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:59 AM
Subject: Re: Small hard drives, was Re: Tower of Nerd
stockpiled.
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at
neurotica.com>
Speaking of which...does it make sense to
start preserving
(hoarding) older, low-capacity hard drives, be they IDE or SCSI, for
smaller machines? They seem to be drying up fast.
I've been doing that for some time, and probably have about 50 or so
BUT, it may be just a waste of time. I put up 20
100-450 MB IDE and SCSI
HDs on
VCM, then Ebay, and back on VCM more out of curiosity
to see if there was
a
demand. Right now, there doesn't seem to be.
For me the 500MB-4GB drives are more useful (for DOS, Amiga, and 68k Mac),
and I do keep the older drives (under 500MB as spares or test drives). The
smallest drive I currently use is a 80 or 120MB SCSI drive in my IIgs.
Shipping 20 drives probably costs more then the drives are worth to most
people, try splitting the lot into smaller sections and by type. I was
looking for higher capacity 50 pin SCSI drives and one joker offered a 9GB
Seagate for $100 since they are RARE. My opinion on the matter is that is
nobody currently wants the stuff, then most will get recycled and demand
will soar at a later date.
11:19 p.m.
Marvin Johnston wrote:
Eventually, there might be. IDE drives from 300-500 (but under the
540MB BIOS limit of early 386s) are still somewhat sought after. I
wouldn't expect more than $5 for each drive though.
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From: Dave
McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
Speaking of which...does it make sense to
start preserving
(hoarding) older, low-capacity hard drives, be they IDE or SCSI, for
smaller machines? They seem to be drying up fast.
I've been doing that for some time, and probably have about 50 or so stockpiled.
BUT, it may be just a waste of time. I put up 20 100-450 MB IDE and SCSI HDs on
VCM, then Ebay, and back on VCM more out of curiosity to see if there was a
demand. Right now, there doesn't seem to be.
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