Re: For the hardware guys...

[Richard Zimmerman <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Nothing to stop you from putting in a third IDE bus.  Linux supports 
> four,
> and I've been told the kernel can be tweaked to support sixteen.

   Hmmm... That's a scary thought, but an answer.... This machine is really
full to begin with slot wise.... I'll need to look into that. I'd rather keep
the burner on the Linux box....

> I wonder how the case/mobo/do-it-yourself market is doing given the
> brutal price wars.  I always have nightwares of them drying up.

   I think they will still be around..... Too mny people want to play with
hardware like me!<G>

> How much to TR-4 tapes cost.  DAT tapes for my drive cost $4.99, tapes 
> for my  floppy tape cost $19~23.  Don't overlook the long term cost of 
>tapes,  a more expensive drive that uses cheaper tapes is actually less 
>expensive.  

   Agreed... But $500-600 bucks for a new drive is way too expensive for me.
 
> What ever happened to IDE tape drives?  I saw them around for awhile but 
> haven't seen one lately.

   Still alive and around. Got one in out Elkhart office. Actually not too
bad... It's a TR4 drive.... Backups up 2 remote machine over a 10mb net and
itself w/ verification in less then an hour...  

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Richard Zimmerman                              ke4rit@earthlink.net
K&B Transport, Inc.                            ke4rit@gate.net
Elkhart, Indiana