>Ahem, a small point of information:

     >HP is committed to supporting these drives until 2010 according to my
     >sources. This should give them *some* value in the next 12 years for
     >parts if nothing else.

     I'm not knocking your source since the information you were given
     could have been the result of some special deal but, according to the
     HP Corporate Price List, the pertinent support dates for the Eagle
     drives are as follows:

     Disk Product#      Intro Date      Obsol Date      End of Support
     -------------      ----------      ----------      --------------
     7937H              11/1/86         10/1/90         4/30/01

     7937XP             11/1/86         10/1/90         4/30/01

     7937FL             5/1/88          10/1/90         4/30/01


     Jon Broz
     HP Cleveland

     "All opinions/comments are mine...not necessarily HP's"