Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-09 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Wed, 8 Jul 2020, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > If I needed one of those drives, I'd be willing to pay $1 / GB plus shipping > > and handling if they were known to be good. (If I needed them) I would buy > > them sight unseen if you ran SpinRite level 2 on the drives and said they > > pass

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-09 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
(English at end) Hej! > Har du fortfarande kvar några av systemen ? Ja, en Proliant 6000, en DL380, och en tower-typ maskin med 8 diskplatser (skall kolla typen senare), och säkert 20 caddyn och hårdskivor. > Vikt (tittade pga frågan om diskarna på vad frakten från Nederländerna > skulle kosta

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-09 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 01:24:11PM +0200, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk wrote: [...] > Vikt (tittade pga frågan om diskarna på vad frakten från Nederländerna skulle > kosta dvs ca 250 SEK) ? According to Google Translate: "how much to Sweden?" For Sweden specifically, about €10 or SEK100. For Europe

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-09 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
ons 2020-07-08 klockan 20:41 +0200 skrev Johan Helsingius via cctalk: > On 08-07-2020 12:41, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > > As a guideline, PostNL quote €18.20 (≈USD20.50) fo > > Indeed. I too am wondering if i can be bothered. Just don't want to > recycle > something someone might use/nee

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-09 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Johan Helsingius wrote: > On 06-07-2020 23:54, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > > /Which/ caddie are they?  Can we see a picture of them?  Both the front > visible from outside of the system and the connector(s). > > Pictures at https://imgur.com/a/iJU6YBH > I have a shoe box full of similar

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-08 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
On 08-07-2020 12:41, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > As a guideline, PostNL quote €18.20 (≈USD20.50) for its single grade of packet > post to "world". The 2kg weight limit is good for two or three typical 3.5" > hard disks of around 700g each. It's cheaper to the rest of Europe (and UK) > but >

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-08 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
On 07-07-2020 22:58, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > I might be tempted to scratch an itch and play with the 6000 if I were at a > swap meet and could pick it up for a song.  But I'm not a serious shopper for > it. Right, and shipping it anywhere will be seriously expensive considering the we

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-08 Thread TeoZ via cctalk
; discuss...@ezwind.net:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks) On 07/07/2020 09:10 PM, John-Paul Stewart via cctalk wrote: That is true if things are actually selling. But from what I've seen (and why I agree with the earlier co

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-08 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 07/07/2020 09:10 PM, John-Paul Stewart via cctalk wrote: That is true if things are actually selling. But from what I've seen (and why I agree with the earlier comment about ebay often being overpriced) is that sellers list stuff at overly inflated prices and then let it sit there unsold.

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-08 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 03:54:10PM -0600, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: [...] > If I needed one of those drives, I'd be willing to pay $1 / GB plus shipping > and handling if they were known to be good. (If I needed them) I would buy > them sight unseen if you ran SpinRite level 2 on the drives an

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread John-Paul Stewart via cctalk
On 2020-07-07 12:52 p.m., Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 18:14, Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk > wrote: >> >> Flebay is quite overpriced, sadly ( personal opinion anyway, from >> the point of view of someone that's now looking at finding a thing >> since months and is fixa

RE: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Ali via cctalk
> I've got a bunch of 18GB SCA drives like this on the other side of the > pond (Toronto) and have been meaning for several years now to set up a > box to test them; did actually test one with an 80<>68 pin adapter and > it worked, but in the meantime seem to have misplaced the system I > used... >

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/7/20 10:52 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: People pay what they are willing to pay. It is not like Amazon where bots watch other bots and raise the prices of rare books in a spiral anti-bidding-war. There is the nominal market value, and then there's what some questionable person with

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/7/20 3:30 PM, Mike Stein wrote: I've got a bunch of 18GB SCA drives like this on the other side of the pond (Toronto) and have been meaning for several years now to set up a box to test them; did actually test one with an 80<>68 pin adapter and it worked, but in the meantime seem to have m

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
- Original Message - From: "Grant Taylor via cctalk" To: Sent: Monday, July 06, 2020 5:54 PM Subject: Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks) > On 7/3/20 3:24 AM, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote: >> Hi! > > Hi, > >>

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/7/20 10:52 AM, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote: Wow! I guess I have been a bit hasty with taking stuff to recycling. :-/ It happens. Wonder if someone would be interested in either of these: I'd bet a coffee and doughnut that someone will be interested. I might be tempted to scratch

RE: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Liam Proven via > cctalk > Sent: 07 July 2020 17:52 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks) > > On Tue, 7 Ju

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 18:14, Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk wrote: > > Flebay is quite overpriced, sadly ( personal opinion anyway, from the point > of view of someone that's now looking at finding a thing since months and is > fixated about a real price vs an enflated one I often hear comments

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
On 07-07-2020 17:46, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > I think I sold my last 2 or 3 before I emigrated for circa €50 each. > 5.25" HD floppy drives went for more than that. Wow! I guess I have been a bit hasty with taking stuff to recycling. :-/ Wonder if someone would be interested in either of

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 17:05, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote: > > Thanks - good hint. I was a bit surprised to see the prices people are asking > on fleabay. I think I sold my last 2 or 3 before I emigrated for circa €50 each. 5.25" HD floppy drives went for more than that. -- Liam Proven –

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
On 07-07-2020 16:48, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > I would also suggest advertising or offering these online. Vintage Mac > collectors, as well as all manner of vintage UNIX box collectors, are > finding it increasingly difficult to find SCSI drives these days. Some > are happy to go with SCSI2S

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
On 06-07-2020 23:54, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > /Which/ caddie are they?  Can we see a picture of them?  Both the front > visible from outside of the system and the connector(s). Pictures at https://imgur.com/a/iJU6YBH The drives are Ultra Wide 3 SCSI. I think they are the same as this:

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-07 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 22:19, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote: > > Hi! > > I have a box full of Compaq SCSI server disk caddies (with 9.1G disks in > them). Feels silly to dump them into e-waste recycling, but there > probably isn't much point in shipping them very far either (I am in > Amsterdam

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-06 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/3/20 3:24 AM, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote: Hi! Hi, I have a box full of Compaq SCSI server disk caddies (with 9.1G disks in them). Feels silly to dump them into e-waste recycling, but there probably isn't much point in shipping them very far either (I am in Amsterdam). /Which/

Re: About to dump a bunch of Compaq SCSI disk caddies (and disks)

2020-07-06 Thread martin-reilly.com via cctalk
Are these Storageworks caddies? I’d be interested in a few, happy to cover postage to U.K. :) > On 6 Jul 2020, at 21:21, Johan Helsingius via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi! > > I have a box full of Compaq SCSI server disk caddies (with 9.1G disks in > them). Feels silly to dump them into e-waste re