7 Apr
2007
7 Apr
'07
3:38 p.m.
On 4/6/07, Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com> wrote:
Following Jay's excellent lead, I bought the 'correct' rack slides for
my 11/34 a few months ago. Today I took some time and put the 11/34 in
the rack.
The best part was tilting it 90 degrees to get access to the backplane!
woo hoo! nerd heaven!
It's a lot easier to install/remove DD11 and similar backplanes when
the box is in the upright position. Fortunately, one rarely
reconfigures the backplanes themselves (compared to the contents of
the backplanes).
Oddly, when I rotated it I heard a strange metal
tinlking/clinking.
hmmm... took bottom off and found a metal circular key wedged in the
bottom wires. now *that* could have caused some problems!
Indeed, especially if it wedged near the -15V pins.
wonder what it's for. the 11/34 has no key.
Perhaps it went with the machine that _used to_ be next to your 11/34
in its former home?
-ethan