25 Aug
2009
25 Aug
'09
11:08 p.m.
On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:38 PM, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
How similar are the 3/470 and 3/480 chassis ? the 470
is a large
'cube' deskside.... the 480 rackmount.... but wonder how similar
they were in construction... I don't recall the 480 using the two
(long) drive carriers that the 470 used... so they probably were
different.
They're totally different in nearly every aspect. They're
something like a decade apart.
I'd personally like to find a X/X60 in nice
shape.... I've got a
X/X50 and a few X/X10 chassis.... but not one of the old brown
desksides. A 4/260 badged one would be ideal... but I'd love to
find any of those. (I've got the original drives (300M ESDI) and
bridge controllers... a tape drive and MD21 bridge... and I think
I even have a bracket or two from the insides.... (I stripped the
drives and bridge controllers out of 2-3 of these years ago).
They're pretty tough to find now. About twenty of them (Digex)
got trashed in Maryland several years ago; I was unable to save them
(1000mi away and no money) but I tried.
I *think* there might be one left in my storage locker. I will
check the next time I'm there.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL