[HECnet] SIMH for VMS on VAX

On 17 Jan 2013, at 12:34, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 01/17/2013 12:21 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: I do need to devise a better way to keep the hard drives plugged in though...currently have them propped up with screwdrivers...need something to support the full-height drives that predate the ES40. ;) Predate it by like a *decade*. I know right? I'm amazed they still work! Ahh, young'ns. ;) You're accustomed to brand-new drives dying in a year or two. That's a relatively recent thing, designed to drive sales figures. Nowadays society is well-trained, due to its short memory, to happily accept that a one-year-old hard drive is "old", a five-year-old car is "old", etc etc. It's bullshit. I am bothered by having been conditioned by this. ;) I have several 5+ year old drives that still work though...however newer ones have died in a year. It makes me hesitant to buy drives. ;) We need to find you some recent drives somewhere. Yeah but will you be able to find 2 18G ones? ;) Maybe. You can ask around a bit too, you know. ;) Try the sunhelp list as I suggested awhile back. I'll probably try that when I get back home. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA