by Numerous people from this newsgroup have asked me to post here whenever I
find an excellent deal on something that might be of interest to the
general Linux community. I *DO NOT* intend to post items of this sort
regularly here. Rather, I will usually post *ONLY* in the .forsale
newsgroups. This is a worthy exception because it is an absolutely
awesome deal.
(Please note that many people have already bought tape drives
and CD-ROM drives from me in comp.forsale....
I have a list of testimonies at the end of
this post. Also, I can provide anyone with a list of references on demand.)
Quite a few people have asked me if I can get any other equipment for
the kind of prices I have been getting the tape drives and the CD-ROM
drives for. The most frequently asked for items have been SCSI
controllers (to go with the tape and CD-ROM drives) and hard drives.
I am still working on the SCSI controllers (I almost had some *BRAND
NEW* Adaptec 1542 SCSI controllers for $125 each but my brother sold
the whole lot of them before I could get any (These regularly go for
around $250.00)). To make it up to me he gave me an *EXTREMELY* good
price on some brand new 383 Meg Seagate SCSI hard drives.
The description follows:
I have a few *BRAND NEW* 383 Meg Seagate SCSI hard drives that I acquired at
a University discount. These drives went for $450.00 regularly. I
will give these 383 Meg drives away to anyone who wants one for $260.00 each
(THESE ARE BRAND NEW). Call me immediately if you want one because I
will give them out on a first come first serve basis and THEY WILL GO
FAST. If you think it is too late and they are already gone call anyway
because your call will put you in line for one if I can get any more. My home
phone number is (617) 246-3634. My wife's name is Julie and she can take
down your order info.. I am there in the evenings. If neither of us
is there you can leave a message on our machine and I will call you
within hours of your leaving a message. I will return *ALL* calls.
If you can't reach me then send me E-mail reserving a drive and
give me a phone number you can be reached at.
Now you can afford a decent sized hard drive and *YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PAY
ALOT FOR IT!!!*
These are Seagate ST-2383N SCSI Hard Drives. They were manufactured
by SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY and they are high quality (University quality)
drives. These drives are internal 5 1/4" Half Height Drives. They
are vastly superior to most of the non-SCSI hard drives out there.
They will work with *ANY* SCSI controller.
These Seagates are brand new, still in the box, and come with
*EVERYTHING*. They come with docs, and everything necessary for installation.
It is a complete package. When you get your drive you will have all that you
need to use it. They are 100% guaranteed for 30 days. If you get one
and you don't like the way it matches your wallpaper simply return it
for your money back *NO QUESTIONS ASKED*!
I will be shipping out 25 of these in the next week or so. I need to
pay the cash up front to my brother. (He is the industrial reseller I
am getting them from.) He will acquire them and I will
ship them out. One way of doing this would be C.O.D.. However, this
would require my coming up with over $6500.00 up front and waiting for
money to come back to me. Since I cannot do this payment C.O.D. is
not possible.
I may be able to take your credit card for these. My home phone number is
(617) 246-3634. You can call me *ANYTIME* up until 2:00 AM seven days
a week. My wife, Julie, is home during the day (so she can take your
order then) and I am home in the evenings.
I repackaged my Seagate, went to UPS, weighed the package, and found out
the cost of S&H. I asked them for worst case S&H in the continental
U.S. (i.e., California). S&H with insurance for $350.00 plus tracking
would cost $10.00 from Boston to California. That is what I will
charge everyone for S&H.
These drives also work perfectly with Linux, BSD, and other Unices for the PC.
I WILL GIVE THESE OUT ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. FROM MY
EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST, MY E-MAIL WILL BE CRAZY!
If you are going to pay with a check or money order:
In order to acquire a Toshiba make your payment or money order for $270.00
payable to:
Dr. John V. Jaskolski
send it to:
Dr. John V. Jaskolski
Suite #307
95 Audubon Rd.
Wakefield, MA.
01880
E-MAIL me confirming exactly what you want and in what quantity and
indicate how much money you sent in your payment.
Sincerely,
Dr. John V. Jaskolski
ja...@park.bu.edu
P.S. The Specs follow:
I am always looking for equipment that is dirt cheap. I especially
like prices that are around 50% less than the cheapest price around.
I decided to go with these since the price is right (You
can't get 383 Meg SCSI hard drives *ANYWHERE* for $260.00). They
provide industry standard performance *AND* they work with everything.
Also, these drives are *BRAND NEW*! No Non-SCSI hard drive even
comes close to the quality of these drives.
These are the specs:
Condition *BRAND NEW*
Unformatted Capacity 383 Meg
Formatted Capacity 332 Meg
Average Access Time 14 ms
Data Transfer Rate 2.75 Meg/SEC
Form Factor: 5 1/2" Half Height
Buffer 64Kbyte
SCSI-I: Read Look-Ahead,
Non-Adaptive, Single-Segmented
Buffer.
SCSI-II: Read Look-Ahead, Adaptive,
Multi-Segmented Cache.
MTBF (power-on hours) 100,000
Average Sectors Per Track 74
Tracks 8827
Cylinders 1261
Heads 7
Discs 4
Media Type Thin Film
Spindle Speed 3600
TPI (Tracks Per Inch) 1459
BPI (Bits Per Inch) 31674
Single Track Seek 3 ms
Power Requirements +12V Start-Up (amps) 4.0
+12V Typical (amps) 1.0
+5V Start-Up (amps) 0.75
+5V Typical (amps) 0.65
Typical Watts 16
Maximum Watts 58
Landing Zone (cyl) AUTO PARK
They have a 30 day UNCONDITIONAL guarantee. If you don't like the way
it matches with your wallpaper you can return it. If your cat puts peanut
butter on the heads you can return it for all of your money back *NO
QUESTIONS ASKED* within 30 days.
P.P.S. E-mail me if you have any questions. Also, if you are at all
interested let me know now or when you try later they will almost
surely be gone.
*******************TESTIMONIES (and flames) FOLLOW**************************
Hello,
I can understand the concern that a few people on the net have had
regarding the unbelievably low prices that I have been giving tape
drives and CD-ROM drives away for. I am in 100% agreement with these
individuals that we can *NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL* when it comes to
purchasing anything with our hard earned money. In my case, I have
dealt honestly with everyone who has purchased from me and I can
provide a list of individuals who have purchased from me as
references. If you have *ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS* please feel free to
call me *ANYTIME* (as opposed to flaming me without even talking to me
to get the facts). My home phone number is (617) 246-3634. The following
contains testimonies from people who have purchased something from me.
*****TESTIMONIES FOLLOW**********************
From: willi...@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Subject: Re: *UNIVERSITY DISCOUNT* Toshiba CD-ROM Drives *DIRT CHEAP*!!!!!!!!
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 13:24:15 GMT
Distribution: usa
Nntp-Posting-Host: herky.cs.uiowa.edu
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
From article <21l2vo$...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>, by mg...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Charles B. Owen):
>>I have a few brand new Toshiba CD-ROM drives that I acquired at a University
>>discount. These drives went for $450.00 regularly. I got them
sent this guy a personal check -- going out on a limb, perhaps, but I can
at least vouch for this particular person's honesty and veracity.
What Jaskolski has done is offered to run credit card orders through his
mother's store, as a convenience to people who are more comfortable ordering
this way. There is some protection via card companies for botched consumer
orders -- if you order via credit card and get burned, you can complain to
the card company and get the charge reversed. This is one of the few real
features of using plastic.
I was skeptical of this offer, but I checked it out, (including talking
to John's wife) and took a risk. In this case, everything worked out fine --
no problem. But, as always, buyer beware.
And remember, you're just as likely to get burned at a retail outlet as by
mail order.
--
Kent Williams -- willi...@cs.uiowa.edu Work(626-6700) Home(338-6053)
"Science has come with wonderful ways to cure sick people one at a time,
and to kill healthy people thousands at a time" -- guy on NPR
From: al...@wozzle.linet.org
Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone
Subject: Re: *UNIVERSITY DISCOUNT* Toshiba CD-ROM Drives *DIRT CHEAP*!!!!!!!!
Date: 23 Jul 93 21:32:39 GMT
Organization: I can't get organized, are you kidding?
I bought a tape drive from John Jaskolski, and he did exactly as he
said he would. And when I found that a SCSI cable for it was about
$100 here in New York City, he went out and bought a cable for me and
sent it to me the very next day. The equipment (an Archive VIPER)
works just fine, and John's been a great help. In my opinion, there's
absolutely no reason to distrust him in any way whatsoever. He's a
good guy, and he's for real.
--
J. Alan Eldridge (al...@wozzle.linet.org)
Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone
From: ki...@panix.com (KiYun Roe)
Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone
Subject: Re: *UNIVERSITY DISCOUNT* Toshiba CD-ROM Drives *DIRT CHEAP*!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 23 Jul 1993 03:13:25 -0400
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