OT: Help! Sun Ultra 1 HD replacement?

[Zane H. Healy]

At 11:52 AM -0500 8/29/05, Mark Tapley wrote:
>All,
>	Apologies, I'm probably at least 2 years off-topic.

Even if it's a Ultra 1/200E, it came out over 8 years ago, the Ultra 
1/140 came out almost 10 years ago I believe.

>	Have a Sun Ultra 1 with a non-functional Quantum hard drive, 
>model number seems to be VK45JZF1. It's in a sled with a lever on 
>the front, and the connector is a funky thing with a central ridge 
>rather than pins. This is for a work project.

One thing to keep in mind is that the cooler running the drive, the 
better.  Though if it's in an Air Conditioned location (preferably a 
computer room) this isn't quite so critical.  I've cooked more than 
one disk in my Sun HW.

>	Where can I find a replacement fairly quickly?

eBay, or any online dealer that carries SCA SCSI HD's.  If you're 
close to a Fry's, they might have them (the one near us normally has 
at least one model I believe).  Just do a search on Google or eBay 
for "SCA SCSI" (loose the quotes).

>	How much should I expect to pay?

Depends on where you get the drive, and how big.  I typically get 
used ones for free.  A new one will run you anywhere from $200 on up.

>	What's with the strange interface?

That's not strange, it's an SCA SCSI drive (I believe the controller 
is UW-SCSI, though on a Ultra 1, it might just be Wide SCSI).  You 
should be able to use any SCA drive though.

>	Replies here would be better, on-list OK.

I'm replying to both.

		Zane


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