On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:48:02 -0600 (CST) Tothwolf
<tothwolf_at_concentric.net> writes:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com wrote:
>
> > Wow, that's amazing!! I haven't seen anything like it from JDR
> since
> > the 80's! A JDR product offering with something resembling a
> > reasonable selling price!
> >
> > Are you sure that's not a typo on their webpage!?!?
> > I think I'm going to faint . . .
>
> I donno, that seems kinda high to me... Especially considering a
> pair of ISA floppy controllers could be had for $10 ($5ea), or less.
Well, consider that it's somewhat specialized (not 'stock'), NOS,
and that the asking price is only 100% over what it's worth looks
like a milestone to me!
> JDR's "house brand" boards were nothing but re-badged major brand
> and 'cheap junk' boards. They used to peel/scrape stickers and markings
> off of boards made by companies such as Adaptec, Diamond, Promise, and
> others before taking photos for their catalog. I might still have some
of
> those old catalogs around somewhere, but I probably tossed them.
Hah! Reminds me of a reseller I used to work for. This Bozo would
re-label *everything* (including the manuals). It was embarassing.
Jeff
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Received on Thu Feb 28 2002 - 09:43:10 GMT