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 > >

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

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

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

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

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

2020-07-08 Thread TeoZ via cctalk
If the auction had the option for best offer and the seller took an offer the listing will show it sold at the listed price and not the actual price. -Original Message- From: Jon Elson via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2020 2:07 PM To: John-Paul Stewart ; gene...@ezwind.net ;

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

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

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

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, > >> I have a box full of Compaq SCSI

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

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

2020-07-07 Thread Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk
Well, my comment is purely based on "non vintage" specific things. I've a fetish ( ok ok, I know ) for xeons. On current hw there are various things with actually balanced / good prices to be found. But xeons tend to be valued more than they should Again, personal opinion ( and these things are

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 Jul 2020 at 18:14, Alessandro

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

2020-07-07 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
On 07-07-2020 17:45, Alessandro Mazzini 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 Not disagreeing. Julf

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

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

2020-07-07 Thread Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk
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 -Messaggio originale- Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di

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

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

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 >

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

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

2020-07-06 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
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). Julf

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

2020-07-06 Thread Johan Helsingius via cctalk
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). Julf