Any interest in something like this? Is it worth putting
on eBay or should I just scrap them?

bill

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On 2018-03-08, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:

Any interest in something like this? Is it worth putting
on eBay or should I just scrap them?

Which flavor of SparcStation? The SS-5 and some others have a
unique style -- a frame which screws to the drive, and a handle which
swings up and cams the SCA connector (wide SCSI, Power, and drive ID all
in that connector) out and allows the drive to be lifted clear.

The plastic used tends to age and the stress from the
countersunk drive screws causes the plastic to crack and eventually
crumble. Some were clear plastic and some were a gray plastic, and IIRC
the gray is the one which fails more quickly. (Also, such plastics tend
to start cracks if contacted with most oils too.)

If you have those, without the stress cracks, there are probably
people who would be eager to get them. After all, without them, you
need to use the systems purely with external drives in some kind of
housing.

Later ones, SS-10 and SS-20 used what looked like wheels which
screwed into the drives and went into L-shaped slots, and projections
from the top of the case held them from sliding out. Those are easier
to make a work-around for if you have a small lathe.

The earlier ones, SS and SS-2 IIRC just had metal brackets that
drives screwed into naturally -- probably less difficult to get, as the
systems came with them and the metal lasted, instead of crumbling.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:

Any interest in something like this? Is it worth putting
on eBay or should I just scrap them?

Worth putting them on eBay for sure. If they don't sell, rather than
scrapping them ask on the classiccmp[1] / rescue[2] mailing lists - I'm
sure someone there will take them off your hands.

[1] http://www.classiccmp.org/cctech.html
[2] http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

Cheers, MJ
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On 03/08/2018 09:55 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:

On 2018-03-08, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:

Any interest in something like this? Is it worth putting
on eBay or should I just scrap them?

Which flavor of SparcStation? The SS-5 and some others have a
unique style -- a frame which screws to the drive, and a handle which
swings up and cams the SCA connector (wide SCSI, Power, and drive ID all
in that connector) out and allows the drive to be lifted clear.

The plastic used tends to age and the stress from the
countersunk drive screws causes the plastic to crack and eventually
crumble. Some were clear plastic and some were a gray plastic, and IIRC
the gray is the one which fails more quickly. (Also, such plastics tend
to start cracks if contacted with most oils too.)

If you have those, without the stress cracks, there are probably
people who would be eager to get them. After all, without them, you
need to use the systems purely with external drives in some kind of
housing.

Later ones, SS-10 and SS-20 used what looked like wheels which
screwed into the drives and went into L-shaped slots, and projections
from the top of the case held them from sliding out. Those are easier
to make a work-around for if you have a small lathe.

The earlier ones, SS and SS-2 IIRC just had metal brackets that
drives screwed into naturally -- probably less difficult to get, as the systems came with them and the metal lasted, instead of crumbling.

Good Luck,
DoN.

Sorry, forgot that the SparcStation name continued. These are from 2's.
White plastic, screw to the bottom of the disk. (Ours were Quantum 105S
disks if that gives you an idea of the generation.

bill

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Michael-John Turner wrote:

Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:

Any interest in something like this? Is it worth putting
on eBay or should I just scrap them?

Unless in desperate need for space, never ever scrap pre-PCI/IDE
Sun hardware.

Worth putting them on eBay for sure. If they don't sell, rather than scrapping them ask on the classiccmp[1] / rescue[2] mailing lists - I'm
sure someone there will take them off your hands.

[1] http://www.classiccmp.org/cctech.html
[2] http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

craigslist
port-sparc@netbsd.org
alt.folklore.computer
(does the ARRL do flea markets? the DARC does)

If located in or willing to ship to Europe:
de.alt.folklore.computer

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