[HECnet] SIMH for VMS on VAX

[Cory Smelosky]

On 17 Jan 2013, at 12:34, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

On 01/17/2013 12:21 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
I do need to devise a better way to keep the hard drives plugged in
though...currently have them propped up with screwdrivers...need
something to support the full-height drives that predate the ES40.
;)

Predate it by like a *decade*.

I know right?   I'm amazed they still work!

Ahh, young'ns. ;) You're accustomed to brand-new drives dying in a
year or two.   That's a relatively recent thing, designed to drive sales
figures.   Nowadays society is well-trained, due to its short memory, to
happily accept that a one-year-old hard drive is "old", a five-year-old
car is "old", etc etc.   It's bullshit.

I am bothered by having been conditioned by this. ;)

I have several 5+ year old drives that still work though...however newer ones have died in a year.   It makes me hesitant to buy drives. ;)


We need to find you some recent drives somewhere.

Yeah   but will you be able to find 2 18G ones? ;)

Maybe.   You can ask around a bit too, you know. ;)   Try the sunhelp
list as I suggested awhile back.

I'll probably try that when I get back home.


                    -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA