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This group has been a little sleepy lately ...
anyone doing something worth discussing ? - LC |
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Nut Cracker wrote: This group has been a little sleepy lately ... anyone doing something worth discussing ? - LC Not much happening here. I am picking up a large truckload of surplus equipment on Friday. The load is supposed to contain some ProLiant DL's, a box full of assorted Cisco items and a couple of 48" racks. The racks are, of course, hard to sell...though, from the description, they seem to be complete: both sides and front an back panels are present as well as the power center and fans. You want one? |
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more interested in the DL gear ... I dont have the space for a 42U rack ...
- LC "Jeffrey Alsip" wrote in message ups.com... Nut Cracker wrote: This group has been a little sleepy lately ... anyone doing something worth discussing ? - LC Not much happening here. I am picking up a large truckload of surplus equipment on Friday. The load is supposed to contain some ProLiant DL's, a box full of assorted Cisco items and a couple of 48" racks. The racks are, of course, hard to sell...though, from the description, they seem to be complete: both sides and front an back panels are present as well as the power center and fans. You want one? |
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Nut Cracker wrote: more interested in the DL gear ... I dont have the space for a 42U rack ... - LC I can understand that! I have a two car garage that I have not been able to get a "car" into in three years! Friday night I will be able to email you a more precise inventory. This particular company has made some kind of deal with Dell, which resulted in their scrapping out every Compaq Server that they have. I was lead to believe that several of the systems are less than two years old. Keep the fingers crossed. You may recall, from our past converstions, that I seem to have a knack for finding these deals. All of this equipment is free for the hauling, and at that price we may end up with some cool aquisitions here. You will love Lake County in the summer time. On an off topic note, this company seems to have standardized on IBM Netvista workstations. Last summer I got eight systems that were PIII 1G or better. I expect to be picking up a pile of P4 workstations this time...at the same price that I mentioned above. See if you can find a buddy who might like one of the racks...otherwise my lack of space might compel me to turn them in as scrap steel. I will pull out the PDU's of course, but I won't have room for that much hollow metal. I will also rip off any of those metal Compaq Logos that they have on the front door (remember who you are talking to, here). Also, any of you "non-Chicago area" people who might be following this thread: there may be mounting hardware and slide-rails available here. I won't know that until Friday, but this COULD be a source for rack hardware that you are missing. Jeff |
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In article .com, Jeffrey Alsip wrote:
Also, any of you "non-Chicago area" people who might be following this thread: there may be mounting hardware and slide-rails available here. I won't know that until Friday, but this COULD be a source for rack hardware that you are missing. Thanks for keeping the rest of us in on this.. Let me know if you have a spare SCSI cable that I could use to connect between my 6400R and my newly arrived 20/40Gb Compaq DLT 4000 external tape drive I got yesterday in the mail from an ebay vendor for $11.67 (cost twice that to ship it from Florida).. I've yet to open the box, but I'm of the belief that this thing takes a 68pin connector which can then plug into one of the (68 pin) SCSI connectors on the back of the box (I think the one not on the SA3200?).. also -- if you've got a terminator, that would be cool too.. P.S. How did you stumble across this "deal"? Just curious.. |
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Rick F. wrote: Thanks for keeping the rest of us in on this.. Let me know if you have a spare SCSI cable that I could use to connect between my 6400R and my newly arrived 20/40Gb Compaq DLT 4000 external tape drive I got yesterday in the mail from an ebay vendor for $11.67 (cost twice that to ship it from Florida).. I've yet to open the box, but I'm of the belief that this thing takes a 68pin connector which can then plug into one of the (68 pin) SCSI connectors on the back of the box (I think the one not on the SA3200?).. I actually have several of these cables sitting unused inside of an empty cat-litter container. Does the tape drive have the same 68pin connector as the one on the back of your SCSI card? I have three types of cables. The first is the one I described above (the most common), another has the 68pin connector on one end (for the SCSI Card) and a Centronics connector on the other end, and the third type (the most rare) has two mini (but still 68pin) connectors on each end. Anyway, here is the question you must answer: Is the connector on your drive IDENTICAL to the one on your 3200? If so, I have several of those cables (Compaq branded) right now in lengths from 15" up to 12'. also -- if you've got a terminator, that would be cool too.. Same question, what size connector? P.S. How did you stumble across this "deal"? Just curious.. Jez has made fun of my charity work, and my success, therein, being due to my love of "legacy" hardware. There are a few companies around here that call me first when they need to get rid of legacy equipment. I actually provide a valuable service to these people. There are always things that neither you, nor I, nor any human being can get any use out of (for example, they might have a half a dozen of those old wide-carriage dot matrix printers...the ones that nobody has made ribbons for in over a decade), well I dispose of these things PROPERLY by making sure that they are recycled by reputable people (not just stuffed into a landfill). So, in short, I take the good with the bad and dispose of the bad properly. If you think about it, a company like that would pay out the nose for a recycler to come and haul this stuff away...but I do the work for free and get to keep any "goodies" that I find. Hell, this might be a valuable service that YOU could perform in your area. Hey, I guess LC got that "conversation" going that he asked for in the OP! Jeff |
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"Jeffrey Alsip" wrote in message oups.com... Nut Cracker wrote: more interested in the DL gear ... I dont have the space for a 42U rack ... - LC I can understand that! I have a two car garage that I have not been able to get a "car" into in three years! Friday night I will be able to email you a more precise inventory. This particular company has made some kind of deal with Dell, which resulted in their scrapping out every Compaq Server that they have. I was lead to believe that several of the systems are less than two years old. Keep the fingers crossed. You may recall, from our past converstions, that I seem to have a knack for finding these deals. All of this equipment is free for the hauling, and at that price we may end up with some cool aquisitions here. You will love Lake County in the summer time. On an off topic note, this company seems to have standardized on IBM Netvista workstations. Last summer I got eight systems that were PIII 1G or better. I expect to be picking up a pile of P4 workstations this time...at the same price that I mentioned above. See if you can find a buddy who might like one of the racks...otherwise my lack of space might compel me to turn them in as scrap steel. I will pull out the PDU's of course, but I won't have room for that much hollow metal. I will also rip off any of those metal Compaq Logos that they have on the front door (remember who you are talking to, here). Also, any of you "non-Chicago area" people who might be following this thread: there may be mounting hardware and slide-rails available here. I won't know that until Friday, but this COULD be a source for rack hardware that you are missing. I would like to see your inventory on Friday. I get my boy this weekend, so a road trip to fill up the VW might not be doable. However, I would be happy to put my name on any groovy items that you are willing to part with. : ) - LC |
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Nut Cracker wrote: I would like to see your inventory on Friday. I get my boy this weekend, so a road trip to fill up the VW might not be doable. However, I would be happy to put my name on any groovy items that you are willing to part with. : ) - LC Easily done. It wouldn't hurt you any to get your urban-ass out of the city one day in the future. I moved out three years ago and have NOT looked back. Actually, I do miss those small restaurants that were within two blocks walk...and this one neighborhood bar... Anyway, I have your email. Expect, at least, a preliminary report on Friday. Here's a bold hint: I would trade almost ANYTHING for Cubs tickets. Jeff |
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"Jeffrey Alsip" wrote in message ups.com... Nut Cracker wrote: I would like to see your inventory on Friday. I get my boy this weekend, so a road trip to fill up the VW might not be doable. However, I would be happy to put my name on any groovy items that you are willing to part with. : ) - LC Easily done. It wouldn't hurt you any to get your urban-ass out of the city one day in the future. I moved out three years ago and have NOT looked back. Actually, I do miss those small restaurants that were within two blocks walk...and this one neighborhood bar... Anyway, I have your email. Expect, at least, a preliminary report on Friday. Here's a bold hint: I would trade almost ANYTHING for Cubs tickets. Jeff ticket(s)? quondo es? |
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Easily done. It wouldn't hurt you any to get your urban-ass out of the city one day in the future. I moved out three years ago and have NOT looked back. Actually, I do miss those small restaurants that were within two blocks walk...and this one neighborhood bar... I have a nice urban-ass, thank you very much ! and i love living in the city. I have my own parking spot, and that makes ALL the difference in the world ... ; ) - LC |
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