16 Nov
2002
16 Nov
'02
12:21 a.m.
I've got one, but it's occupying a place of honor in my collection. The rest
are sitting in my RA-82, which I'm not about to take apart. These things are
hard to come by, as actually cracking open a RA series disk enclosure is
akin to opening an industrial refridgeration compressor, they just aren't
designed to come apart. My friend managed to open one by chocking a concrete
drill with a high speed cobalt aircraft auger bit and drilling out the
bolt/screw things that cement the clamshell shut.
----- Original Message -----
From: "brian wheeler" <bdwheele(a)indiana.edu>
To: <rescue(a)sunhelp.org>rg>; <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Wanted: RA81/RA82 Disk Platter
Sort of off topic, but sort of not.
My department is planning to have a roast of the former director and
because he was a big user of our former VAX systems, some people think
that mounting a disk platter would be a nice touch.
Anyone have have an extra RA81/RA82 disk platter for free/cheap?
Brian Wheeler
bdwheele(a)indiana.edu