Comments on: Romtec Trios II - (HDD) Hard Disk Drive Selectors Part 3 http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/ Web Development, Code Snippets, Technology, Reviews and Random Stuff Blog. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:33:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: blogger http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-2442 blogger Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:19:56 +0000 http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-2442 Flash Drives are pretty cheap now days also (you can get 8GB ones for about $60) so they are another alternative. I still prefer to have separate hard drives so I can get full speed configurations. I just wish Microsoft was a little more lenient on their licensing and allowed you to get a cheaper version of their OS for virtual machines. Since they don't do that with Vista, it maybe cheaper to use a HDD switcher so you can run Vista Home normally on its own drive. Flash Drives are pretty cheap now days also (you can get 8GB ones for about $60) so they are another alternative. I still prefer to have separate hard drives so I can get full speed configurations. I just wish Microsoft was a little more lenient on their licensing and allowed you to get a cheaper version of their OS for virtual machines. Since they don’t do that with Vista, it maybe cheaper to use a HDD switcher so you can run Vista Home normally on its own drive.

]]> By: smokey http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-2437 smokey Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:48:40 +0000 http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-2437 I've had the old trios 9106, the trios II, and the combox. The Trios II was nice because it allowed using the #2 or #3 drives as slaves to the #1 drive. The combox is pretty nice, too, but doesn't allow that slave feature like it's predecessor. Ebay is pretty much the only place to pick these up now. I think the poster above had it right about the patent infringement. Too bad, whoever holds the patent didn't come out with a product, they just put Romtec out of business. Now, I think that the open source virtualization is coming along so nicely that the multi-drive setup is really not so important. I’ve had the old trios 9106, the trios II, and the combox. The Trios II was nice because it allowed using the #2 or #3 drives as slaves to the #1 drive. The combox is pretty nice, too, but doesn’t allow that slave feature like it’s predecessor. Ebay is pretty much the only place to pick these up now. I think the poster above had it right about the patent infringement. Too bad, whoever holds the patent didn’t come out with a product, they just put Romtec out of business. Now, I think that the open source virtualization is coming along so nicely that the multi-drive setup is really not so important.

]]> By: blogger http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-1231 blogger Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:22:05 +0000 http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-1231 In Part 5 (the summary) I covered what I believed to have happened to them, but I believe they may have infringed on someone's patent and were shut down. There's a guy on eBay has been selling the ComBox for a couple of years though. Supposedly Troyka is the same company that was Romtec, but was shut down also. I'm not sure where he gets his inventory, eBay shows he only has 7 left but I've seen his inventory more or less than that, so he is getting his supply refilled. In Part 5 (the summary) I covered what I believed to have happened to them, but I believe they may have infringed on someone’s patent and were shut down. There’s a guy on eBay has been selling the ComBox for a couple of years though. Supposedly Troyka is the same company that was Romtec, but was shut down also. I’m not sure where he gets his inventory, eBay shows he only has 7 left but I’ve seen his inventory more or less than that, so he is getting his supply refilled.

]]> By: Anonymous http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-1223 Anonymous Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:58:07 +0000 http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-1223 what happened to the company Romtec or trios can't be found hroif@ieee.org what happened to the company

Romtec or trios can’t be found

hroif@ieee.org

]]> By: blogger http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-369 blogger Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:16:33 +0000 http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-369 Your best chance to find one is on <a href="http://ebay.com" rel="nofollow">eBay</a> Your best chance to find one is on eBay

]]> By: Jim Coble http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-364 Jim Coble Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:16:32 +0000 http://jivebay.com/2007/02/02/romtec-trios-iii-hdd-hard-disk-drive-selectors-part-3/#comment-364 Where can I purchase one and how much will it cost???? Where can I purchase one and how much will it cost????

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