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Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 17:14:22 +0930
From: Daniel O'Connor
To: Alastair Waddell
Cc: aussie-isp
Message-Id: <200405031714.22898.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20040503131314.A24457@legion.com.au>
References: <20040503131314.A24457@legion.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] sun CD/DVD drive
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On Mon, 3 May 2004 12:43, Alastair Waddell wrote:
> Having just taken possession of three v210s I'm thrilled to see
> that these $8K machines come by default with no external media
> drive.
>
> Sun want $666 each for a DVD drive which leaves me perplexed as
> to why a rack mount box that boasts remote management features
> would want a DVD drive over a CDROM drive.

You could pull the V210 apart and see what interface it has.

It might even have an IDE interface (just for the CDROM)

If you need SCSI www.mmt.com.au have them for $253 (well its in their
pricelist).. (A mere 4-5 times more expensive than the IDE version)

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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