4 Feb
2019
4 Feb
'19
10:25 p.m.
On 2/4/19 3:40 PM, Jack Harper via cctalk wrote:
Greetings to the List -
I am mounting a couple of heavy (130-pounds each) HP7970e tape drives to
a 19" rack.
The screw holes that mate to the standard spaced holes on the right side
of the drive after you open the case are visible and obvious.
However, the holes on the left are hidden under the heavy die-cast(?)
frame of the drive.
Anyone know how to get to those three screw holes with a horrible
disassembly.
There has to be a trick to this that I don't see (so what else is new? :)
There's a mounting kit for this as described here;
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/hp/tape/7970/07970-90383_7…
Page 2-1, section 2-8, installation.
Whatever you do, be sure that your rack has an "anti-tip" foot (most
full-size 19" HP racks do. When you open the drive, the entire assembly
but for the card cages and the power supply swing out. It's more than
enough to tip a rack over.
--Chuck