Well. I can hang on to a few of the SDI drives as I have some shelf
space they fit in nicely. The upper limit of UPS is 135 and Fedex
is 150. I would be shipping fedex ground. With the upper limit of
150 I still couldn't ship 2 in one box not to mention they'll include
cabling, etc.  Each box would cost ~$40 to ship as an estimate.
I can hang on to these things as long as needed as I can put them
in places out of the way.

-Matt


Gunther Schadow wrote:
> 
> Matthew Hudson wrote:
> >
> > I have 1 complete SF73 DSSI array. It isn't light at 80lbs. I can
> > assemble a 2nd using parts from 2, or I can just ship you all 3
> > units.
> 
> Hmm, 3 VAXen, 3 units, it would make sense ... but it is a lot of
> stuff to ship around. Can you give some experience estimate about
> how much this would cost? I think USPS has some upper limit at
> about 60 pounds or so. I will pay for at least the shipping of
> two of them and would ask Buck to reimburse me when he comes pick
> up the VAX. I don't know what Brian plans on doing?
> 
> I would be interested in the RA90 drive, it won't take too long
> for the SDI card to show up on e-bay I guess.
> 
> I would not go for the SA73s at this point in time. Maybe some
> other taker? Brian has SDI in one of his machines, so he could
> probably use them.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Gunther
> 
> > (These will fit in the bottom of a VAX 6000 cabinet BTW).
> > I do have SDI RA90 drives, but I don't have controllers for them.
> > Also I have SA73? arrays which are like the SF73 units but are
> > SDI interface. I plan to keep a few on the side in case a
> > controller shows up in the future, but current situations
> > indicate a shortage of space in our warehouse.
> >
> > Does anyone know what a DEC Channel Server is?
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > Gunther Schadow wrote:
> > >
> > > Matt,
> > >
> > > please send them to me and I will stick them in each of the VAX
> > > 6000s where one of them goes to Buck in Saint Louis. That way
> > > the NetBSD community has three working VAX 6000 and the XMI port
> > > would be comming out easy ... (ahem... forward looking statement
> > > included :-)
> > >
> > > regards
> > > -Gunther
> > >
> > > Matthew Hudson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Okay. I've totally blown some part numbers dealing with SF73 arrays and
> > > > such. What I am donating are all DSSI drives, none are SDI. They are all
> > > > being removed from SA650 or DEC Array cabinets. Since Brian has already
> > > > gotten a DSSI controller from me I am donating the 2 remaining
> > > > controllers
> > > > I have. I am really pushing the limit with my partners here, but they
> > > > understand I have a passion for this stuff so they have been quite nice
> > > > about everything so far. I will be keeping everyone updated.
> > > >
> > > > -Matt
> > >
> > > --
> > > Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow@regenstrief.org
> > > Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
> > > Adjunct Assistent Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
> > > tel:1(317)630-7960                         http://aurora.regenstrief.org
> 
> --
> Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow@regenstrief.org
> Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
> Adjunct Assistent Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
> tel:1(317)630-7960                         http://aurora.regenstrief.org