RE: 820 to 520 Upgrade

Joe,

You can probably get a used tape drive for the cost of the used DVD-RAM.

The tape will be much faster and have a higher capacity.

If you've built a PC, you should be able to install either.


Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:11 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: 820 to 520 Upgrade
> 
> 
> For those of us with no mass storage device, optical or tape, what are
> our options to manage a SAVE 23?  I've got a model 270; how much are
> optical drives for this box?  Are they hard to install for an end user
> with no discernable hardware skills (I barely managed to put 
> together a
> PC for my wife, a job which only required putting memory on the mother
> board and connecting the disk drive)?  Can I "borrow" the tape drive
> from a newer machine?
> 
> As far as newer machines, it certainly looks like the 520 is the best
> bang for the buck.  The $10K 500 CPW machine or the $21K 1000 CPW
> machine both have a ton of power for an awfully low sticker 
> price.  The
> 810s with zero interactive are pretty close, though.  
> Thoughts?  How do
> you find out the software capabilities based on the feature number? 
> 
> Joe
> 
>