does any one know excatly what this tower i have is and how much it might be worth and who would want it..?? it is a MERADIAN CD-NETROM MADE BY BELL HOWELL 1997 IT IS LIKE 1 1/2 FOOT HIGH VERY HEAVY AND HAS A DARK WINDOW ON THE DOOR AN IT HAS A LOCK ON IT ,i was told it came from a cop shop. i have tried to look it up online and cant find it.
2007-02-10 11:40:35 · 2 answers · asked by lundie_g 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
i realy dont care it get money for it but i kinda would like to know what it is and if it is worth any thing
2007-02-10 12:02:02 · update #1
It is a cd-rom tower, a stack of up to 7 cd roms- probibly low speed, tray-type scsi drives. On the back is probibly 2 scsi ports- a large version of what is on the back of traditional printers- not usb printers. If it has a DB-9 (serial style) and a rj-45 (network type) connection, it has a token ring adapter, of its a bnc connector, its a 10b2 (early eithernet) and it may by chance have only a rj-45 (network) connector, making it the most advanced server of the time- the standard 10bt eithernet adapter.
As for uses- you really need a scsi-equiped computer to hook it directly to unless it has the network adapter, then I believe you need software to access and set it up- set the addresses and assign the drives shares...
As far as values- you really need to find someone that "needs" it to get anything really out of it. They go on eBay for 99 cents and up- most not going over $25 if its all the bells and whistles, and maybe software. The shipping will be about twice that!
Also, without the key, its not much use locked, so the lock would need to be opened and the user's discs of choice insterted.
Its probibly not online anymore- maybe referenced in some archives, as its been out of production for quite some time.
Not many users will have the scsi to connect directly, the software if its got the network card, and overall its slow.. maybe 4x or 6x cd drives if your lucky- way before re-writers and dvds were popular...
Its a great door stop!
2007-02-10 12:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by worxsigns 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is too old to get anything for it or be worth anything. I would just recycle it and get something new.
2007-02-10 19:50:07 · answer #2 · answered by Twisted Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋