[TriLUG] Win4Lin(was linuux mouse kvm problems)

[al johson]

Well, I bought mine at Intrex, where (unfortunately) they keep changing the
models they have in stock. The first ones I bought had no fans, and the
cases were all about $15-20 each (If I correctly recall the cost), but they
didn't have front vents and fans. The next set I purchased had vents on the
front, two fans (front and back) and a very secure locking lever (to fix a
minor problem that some of the early models had---(they all have handles for
you to pull them out, but some models wouldn't allow the drive drawer to
properly seat itself after you pushed the handle down to secure the plug and
socket on the back of the cage).

The ones I have now work great, but unfortunately, Intrex has changed their
supplier yet again and so it's not possible to obtain the model I like the
best. That's not to say that the latest models won't work (I really don't
know if they work well or not). One piece of advice. If you do go this
route, I strongly suggest that you get at least three drive drawers (or
maybe four if you like having each OS backed up). In other words, you can't
count on Intrex keeping the same model you bought. In fact, everytime I go
in there, it seems they've gone to another different manufacturer. Another
esp. cheap place to purchase these drive boxes can be at Amateur Radio
hamfests, where the prices are sometimes very cheap (sometimes $5-10). (The
next fest will be in Raleigh at the fairgrounds in April). But you should
definitely be able to buy all the drawers and boxes you need locally at
either Intrex or Stay Online for around $75 (more or even less!!). But in
this economy, who knows what will happen to prices in the future!! ---Al
Johnson.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Vestal" <rvestal at trilug.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Win4Lin(was linuux mouse kvm problems)


> Yup. That's what I'm talking about. The cage (bay) was about $25.00 and
> the bays were about $20 each.
>
> $25+$20+$20=$65+tax
>
> On 12 Jan 2003, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 15:48, Roy Vestal wrote:
> > > I did this. I gotthe parts from Stay Online. Drive bay and 5 HDD
housings
> > > were $120 TriLUG cost. If you need to, it should be $75 or less.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, al johson wrote:
> > >
> > > > There's another way to "skin the Windows animal". Go get yourself a
drawer
> > > > cabinet which mounts in any 5" bay and will allow you to insert and
remove
> > > > hard drives which are mounted in removable drawers (which can
contain any OS
> > > > you wish--Linux or Windows or both). This cost should around $75.00
(the
> > > > last I checked--the ones you should prefer have vents on them with
one or
> > > > two fans which blow on your hard drive while in use--this cools the
hard
> > > > drive and makes it last longer to boot!!) .
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure if you guys are talking about the same thing I'm thinking
> > of, but 2.5 years ago I got some removable hard drive bays from Frys
> > for less than $20 each.  They even supported Ultra DMA 100 (133 wasn't
> > out then).  You guys must be talking about something else because I
> > would find it hard to believe the price going up so much!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tanner
> >
> >
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------
> Roy Vestal
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> http://www.trilug.org/~rvestal
>
> I'm not a geek, I just play one on tv.
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