3 Jun
2002
3 Jun
'02
6:49 a.m.
Gunther,
sure, this is one of the fine moments that you can enjoy as a collector:
:-)
Gunther Schadow wrote:
Right, I have one RA81 and one RA82 and that's all I can/want to fit.
I do like SDI disks though. RA90s are my standard disks for my VAX
6000s and they are fun. The nice thing about RA82s is that you can
show them to people and say that they have almost the same capacity
as a CD ROM drive (and they have the same shape, only scaled by a
factor of, let's say, 8 to 10. Then you can open the hood just like
in my car, check the alternator belt and I just haven't found the
oil dip stick yet :-).
My trouble with it is that the "hood" always bounces back on the rear
part of my head, because the pressurized gas retainers have lost their
magic smoke in the cause of the years. I am convinced it's impossible
and perhaps even dangerous to repair (i.e., to repressurize) them, but
is there a known good source for spare parts?
Without looking: are these parts the same type in a RA80 and in a RA82?
I don't want headaches every time I adjust belt tension...
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Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com