[Debian-uk] Linux Expo?

[Philip Hands]

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On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 14:35, Charles Briscoe-Smith wrote:

> (Not true, I suspect; it should be theoretically possible to get many
> more IDE devices connected to a single machine, each on their own IDE bus=
,
> simply by stuffing extra PCI-IDE interface cards in.

I was only thinking of getting 2 drives per chasis in, and reading the
images over the network, so only 2 IDE busses would be kept busy, rather
than making a monster 7 CD burner.

> > >I can also get CD blanks for about 12p each, and PVC sleeves for 1.75p
> > >each (ex VAT).  John may be able to do prices near these, which would =
be
> > >better, since he has a use for CDs & sleeves that are left over.
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> I've generally been getting blanks for 15-18p each (inc VAT) from a
> computer market, but Steve convinced me that branded blanks would be
> reliable enough to not need verification after writing.  I generally
> verify all my cheapie disks after writing, which almost doubles the
> time taken to produce them, because I've previously had up to about 5
> defective disks per pack of 100 blanks.

Well, if we're choking our write speed, we could actually check them
faster than we're writing them, but I take the point.

It's just that I happen to have 2000 of the blanks in question, waiting
for a client, and apparently he only needs 500 by next week, so we can
use as many of the remaining 1500, and replace them, with no risk of
being lumbered with them.

> I was planning to get 200 or so Verbatim branded blanks for use at the
> show at 24p each, plus sleeves at 4p each and full-face labels at 6p
> each (all inc VAT).  Phil, can you get branded disks at a better price?
> (Hmm.  I wanted to order by 2:30 today to get them by Monday, but I've
> missed that deadline now. ;))

I can get Intenso 50 CD spindles, at a per CD cost of 19.2 p inc. VAT

Things ordered by 17:00 tonight can be here on Monday morning (or
Saturday for an extra tenner).  Las orders before the show is Mon 17:00,
which will turn up here for Tuesday morning.

Their other named brands don't seem to be competitive with your 24p
price.  The unbranded ones claim to be good up to 40x, whereas Memorex
and Samsung are only claiming 24x

I'll try some tests this evening, with the drive & CDs I have.

Cheers, Phil.
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