[SunRescue] expensive paperweights

[Dave Reader]

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Dan Debertin wrote:

> For those of you still buying full-height drives for your dinosaurs,
> everybody seems to be liquidating their supplies of Seagate Elite 9's.
> One example:
> http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=205-4108
> 
> $25 for 9GB ... I just bought two and am taking an opportunity to get to
> know DiskSuite. They are remarkably quiet, but very hot.

I picked up a couple of these in the UK a few months back - brand new, the
guy had just formatted them on a windows box to satisfy himself that they
worked OK.

They're actually closer to 8.3Gb capacity when formatted. They also use
2mm spacing jumpers so you'd have to engage in a bit of handywork to hook
up scsi id selectors if you need that. I sourced some 2 pin 2mm headers
from Farnell in the UK and did it that way to get these drives into a pair
of 811 cases.

They've actually got the connectors in the correct place for the 811 cases
too - ie, on top of the drive rather than underneath.

dave.