From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 7 21:59:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA07235 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 21:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA07230 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 21:59:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA25333 for hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 14:43:15 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199608080513.OAA25333@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Jaz drive suppliers & details? To: hardware@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 14:43:14 +0930 (CST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk G'day peoples. Warner's comments recently elsewhere about the joys of using a Jaz for managing one's hopeless pile of data have me wondering whether I can make that work for me too, so I've been searching for the best deals and details on the whole kit. Local suppliers want about AUD$1100 for an external Jaz. (about $US900) Not so good. Pricewatch sent me to Essential Data who want US$499 for the same item. Looks better. (www.essential-data.com) Now, what I haven't been able to find out is how the external Jaz is _powered_. See, over here our electrons are upside down, and your average US wall wart has a hard time with that. In addition, I travel a fair bit and am likely to want to take such a useful device with me, so I'd either want a range of warts (yuck but bearable), or an autosensing one (nicer). So knowing what the unit's actual requirements were would be helpful. (That's volts, amps, and what the funny little plug looks like.) If the external unit is just a total loss, I'd have to go for an internal and the smallest external case I could find, which would be OK but somewhat bulkier (not so good). Anyway, any comments on whether the above deal and dealer are any good, and any input from Jaz owners would be appreciated. Anyone who knows anything about the upcoming Syquest unit, or any other cartridge disk of similar price/capacity should feel welcome to expound also! Ta. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[