30 Dec
2002
30 Dec
'02
5:33 a.m.
--- "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org> wrote:
I picked up an old statmux locally for $20. Had to
strip
the guts out... I passed them along to someone who could put
them to use...
Thanks again, Bob! Some of those parts are going right to the SBC-6120.
...and now I have a nice 72" inclosed rack with
front & back doors,
removable sides, and two fans in the top...
Yep. Sweet rack.
I have a quantity of rackage, about 90% DEC... over a dozen 72" racks,
half-a-dozen 60" racks full of SI disk and tape, at least half-a-dozen
42" racks full of PDP-11s and RL02s, and 4 or 5 knee-high racks with
formica tops (PDP-11/03 + RX01).
I have to echo the sentiments of those recommending real racks. I don't
even like odd-ball racks because it's too hard to fit DEC rails into
them (I have this one that came with an -8/L + BM08 + PC04 that's a real
pain, but it doesn't have DEC rails for anything but the PC04 which
is front-mount only).
If you intend to rack a DEC CPU and/or DEC disks, I have to recommend
DEC racks. They use the round unthreaded holes and "clip nuts" that
are, ISTR, 10-24 thread. Rails for the RA81/RA82 drives, for example,
use nut plates rather than clip nuts, which is all the more reason not
to use prethreaded racks (which are, OTOH, *great* for modern front-mount
1U hardware).
Depends on what you intend to rack - PC stuff/routers/switches can go
in just about anything. DEC stuff fits best in DEC racks.
-ethan
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