david@twg.com (David S. Herron) (10/14/90)
Where? Why at a place in Mountain View CA called "Computel" (415) 964-2600. They sell it with IBM PC/?? controller & software for $595 but I said I didn't need any of that stuff and so got the $480 price. Now ... before I leap into doing this, what chance is there of actually pulling this off? I have a 2090A controller right now and I'm already prepared to switch to the new GVP board and add a 40-meg quantum into the deal. GVP sells a complete system with cables and so forth and so on for $639 (price from Creative Computers ad in AmigaWhirled). What's in the extra $150 that can screw me up? Maybe nothing since an external case+power supply can easily run that much. (I already have one -- a pc-clone box) Does GVP include a software controller for the device? I know about SCSI-Direct -- that just lets a program send SCSI commands directly to the SCSI bus, right? Doesn't automatically mean "controls a tape". Which means it's very likely that it does include a device driver. But does the device driver do any more than what was posted in comp.{binaries,sources}.amiga the other day? The cabling I expect to be pretty easy. The WT-150 is an SCSI tape drive .. Possibly everything I'd need is over at Fry's Electronics or Weird Stuff Warehouse.. -- <- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <david@twg.com> <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <david@ms.uky.edu> <- <- Remember: On System V it's "tar xovf", not "tar xvf"!
olson@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Toad) (10/14/90)
In article <8082@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes: >Where? Why at a place in Mountain View CA called "Computel" (415) 964-2600. > >40-meg quantum into the deal. GVP sells a complete system with >cables and so forth and so on for $639 (price from Creative Computers > >What's in the extra $150 that can screw me up? Maybe nothing since > >Which means it's very likely that it does include a device driver. >But does the device driver do any more than what was posted >in comp.{binaries,sources}.amiga the other day? > Nope, just comes with the autoboot eeproms, TapeStore, a blank tape, and no cable. TapeStore does work fine on my 2091, I am currently running version 2.0t (I think). I do believe GVP will sell the TapeStore software seperate from their controllers and the tape drive, give them a call and ask. I have yet to try the posted device driver, will probably do that later to- night or tomorrow. Todd >-- ><- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <david@twg.com> ><- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <david@ms.uky.edu> -- olson@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu | "When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant olson@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu | I could hardly stand to be around him. When I CS student, Adventurer | was twenty-one, I was amazed at how much the Paraphrased from House II | old man had learned in seven years." - M. Twain
maltasr@csusac (Robert Maltas) (10/15/90)
When I called Creative Computers 2 weeks ago, they offered me the WT150 for $600 and 4 California Access-880 drives for $98 each. Better yet, I called Safe Harbor and asked them if they could match the price (so I could avoid paying $70 in sales tax). They did. Even though they didn't have the Wangtek in stock, they ordered one from GVP and shipped it along with the CA-880 drives in less than 2 weeks. I believe they (Safe Harbor) advertised the CA-880 drive at $129. The point I am making is simple: Ask them up-front "What is the BEST deal you can offer me for such-and-such item?" Also, if you get a good price quote from one place, mention it to the next mail-order firm you call to see if they can beat it (or in my case, match it). Otherwise, expect to pay the full advertised price. -- /// \\\/// UUCP : {ucdavis|lll-crg}!csusac!maltasr \XX/ Internet: maltasr@csusac.csus.edu