blinn@furilo.DEC.COM (Dr. Tom @ MRO3-3 pole R13, 297-5562) (04/14/87)
Hurf at the Theory Center of Cornell University asked about the table-top
enclosure for the RD53.
He remarked that "DEC in their infinite wisdom will not sell the box
separately", which is certainly the case.
However, there's a sale on at DECUS (in Nashville, TN from April 26 thru
May 1), and you can buy an RD51-D for $400 (or a mere $320 if you buy
it on April 28). This is a 10mbyte RD51 disk in the desktop enclosure,
and you can throw away the disk and substitute the RD53 (it's the same
box). To get the $320 price, you need your special coupon, which DEC
has mailed to you if you're a DECUS member. (If you're not, ask around,
I'm sure someone will have the coupon. If you're not going to DECUS,
get someone to buy it for you.) If we (DEC) did sell the box by itself,
it might well cost more than $400; the difference in price between the
RD54 by itself for in-cabinet installation and the RD54 for desk-top
mounting is $1000.
Note that this is not a supported configuration, but it should work just
fine, and I suspect the price is right, if you're already planning to go to
DECUS. (N.b. -- when the RD51-D was actively marketed, it cost $2295.)
Standard disclaimer -- my opinion, not that of Digital Equipment Corporation..
Enjoy.
Tom
Dr. Thomas P. Blinn
U. S. Volume Operations
Digital Equipment Corporation
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those of my employer or anyone else, living or dead, real or imagined.jwb@mcnc.UUCP (04/15/87)
For those of us not going to DECUS, Newman Computer Exchange has the RD51D desk top disk and enclosure for $445 listed in their April flyer. I can't make it to Nashville and back for $45, though I'd like to go for other reasons. Newman's address is PO Box 8610, Ann Arbor, MI 48107. (313)994-3200 Jack Buchanan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
cetron%ced@cs.utah.EDU.UUCP (04/15/87)
Well, I did it last year and I guess I can this year.... If you are from an EDUCATIONAL Institution, and you won't be going to decus, AND you are a decus member and you want something from the sale in nashville. Contact me and I will be glad to carry your institutions p.o. to nashville. While I got no grief last year, I don't guarantee anything other than I will carry it right over to the desk that accepts them (and like I said, last year DIGITAL wanted the money - not beauracratic details of who the courier was)... -ed cetron cetron@cs.utah.edu cetron@utahcca.bitnet