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Re: [LUG] Where to buy Mac hardware?



Huh?  I meant for my little robot ;-)

I guess I want to be able to mount all the discs in the carousel as seperate 
hard drives, then translate that into commands for the robot when they are 
accessed...

Hmm, 100*4.7Gb = lots of almost-online storage 8-)

Jon

On Tuesday 30 July 2002 09:11, you wrote:
<jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip> and write a linux driver </snip>

No need to write a linux driver, any kernel past 2.2.x
(some earlier with patches) can use DVD-RAMs, you just
format the disc with whatever FS you like (ext2/3 or vfat
etc) and then just drag and drop to it as you would a hard
drive :).

Rich

On Monday 29 July 2002 08:45, you wrote:
The only thing I found PC World good for was a DVD RAM
drive which I picked up for £170 including a 4.7GB disk :).
It wasn't a crap one either (it was Toshiba) and everywhere
else I looked online it was loads more expensive ??? I have
no idea why PC World (of all places ??) would have cheap
DVD RAMs but it appears they do !

 Go and invest in endless storage ;)
Rich
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 15:59:36 -0400 Jonathan Melhuish

<jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sunday 28 July 2002 13:08, you wrote:
Matt Lee wrote:
Anyone know of places to buy Mac hardware locally? (Exeter)

PC World - unlikely as it seems, no idea on price.

<shudders>

To cut a (very) long story short, *never* buy anything from PC World.
Please!

A mate of my was bought a PC from the aforementioned by his aunt
(who, quite evidently, knew nothing about computers).  When you
included the 3 year "extended warranty", it was around double the
price I would have paid for an identical machine.  The crunch came
when his graphics card went faulty - they finally replaced it after 4
visits (which for us is was a 50 mile round trip).  Which means I
could have replaced and upgraded the card for less than the petrol
money and a darn sight quicker!

I guess it might be worth paying a little over the odds if you can be
sure of good aftersales support, but otherwise I would suggest
finding the cheapest retailer (which won't be PC World, I can assure
you) and replacing (and probably upgrading) any hardware that goes
wrong.

I always shudder when I hear somebody recommend buying a "good
computer", as they obviously don't realise that all of the components
are almost exactly the same in every machine!  To me a "good
computer" is a cheap, fast one with your favourite distro of linux
installed 8-)

Jon


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