> How much do the drives sell for and how much for the media? > How much do they hold too? I think they'll be around $400 when they are released. They are 640MB rewritable, and I can fill one in 120 seconds. They are fast. The media on verbatim's site is around $30 each, but buy.com has TDK media for $11.27 each. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason DeStefano [mailto:destef at destef.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 2:32 PM > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Verbatim MO Drive > > > > Grrr...i musta just missed it when i subscribed. Maybe they > are looking for a 21st?? Someone hook me up? I got a U2W > controller with a free SCSI ID all ready... :) > > How much do the drives sell for and how much for the media? > How much do they hold too? > > On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Clay Fandre wrote: > > > Quoting Andy Zbikowski <andyzb at ltiflex.com>: > > > > > Jason DeStefano wrote: > > > > > > > > What did you guys have to do to get signed up for one? > > > > Are they free? > > > > > > Olympus/Verbatim wants feedback from Linux users on their > product. I > > > belive > > > it was Clay they contacted looking for 20 members of the > lug. If you > > > could > > > meet their requirments (2 years Linux expierence, scsi > capible system, > > > etc...) you could get an evaluation unit (to evaluate and keep). > > > > > > As it is, you're too late, sorry. > > > > > > And mine hasn't shown up either. Maybe I should have had > it shipped to > > > the > > > office...humph. Oh well. > > > > Yes, I sent a message out a few months ago asking for 20 > volunteers to evaluate > > the Verbatim MO drives. Funny thing is only 20 LUG'ers responded. > > > > And no, I did not get mine either. I will send an email to > the contact at > > Verbatim and see if/when they were send out. > > > > Clay > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >