21 Mar
2015
21 Mar
'15
9:38 a.m.
On 03/21/2015 09:23 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Yes, machines that had tape drives that swung out on hinges
or big removable pack hard drives on chassis slides might
have this. The PDP-11/45 had outriggers that were attached
to the front of the rack before you could roll the CPU out
for maintenance. (Generally left permanently in place, but
removed when shipping the unit.)
Jon
From: Roe
Peterson
There are very likely lead bars in the bottom
rear of the rack
I recall finding one in some machine (don't remember what, now); they are
so the thing won't fall over when something is extended/swung out.
Noel