[rescue] Rescued HP C1708T scsi somethingorother... what is it?

[BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak]

> > OK, at todays state surplus feeding frenzy, there was this forlorn
> > I see the word optical on it, and I found a model number HP C1708T,
> 
> Magic google.com reveals:
> 
> it's a 16-slot magneto/optical jukebox drive. Under HP/UX 9 you could
> even mount all 16 disks (But w/ only one head it moved around a lot.)
> 
> http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BB515190002.16173/23
> 
> They were plugged into 3000 (MPE/ix systems) as well as HP/UX boxes.
> 
> http://www.plx.com/xdp/jukebox.html
> 
> May help some...

Yeah, a little, thanks!

Basically the above tells me it is a big box with one optical drive
and some mechanicals to jukebox it x 16.

I will part it out and see if there is more than just the one drive
mount capability.  If not, then I guess it is worth maybe the one
internal drive and the scsi cabling, and my fun to unwrench it.

Another guy walked out with a 20cd scsi library array.  Something
like that would make some good VAX storage fodder (I can imagine
hanging, say, 14 HD's on one of the VAXentoyz for the fun of it)
as a build/archive box.

Alas, this HP thingy does not look to have that kind of expandability.
But, for a buck......(:+}}... I get the fun of hauling the remains out
to the curb, and watching the PeeCee freaks poke at it before the
trash man gets it......(:+}}...  It amazes me, what I haul out to
the curb, that they will poke over.... just to see if any PeeCee
bits are there.  I get some really strange looks out of those folks.

Thanks

Bob