27 Oct
2017
27 Oct
'17
10:22 a.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
Chiappa via cctalk
Sent: 27 October 2017 15:14
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: RK05/BA11 slides
So, you have an RK05 drive, but you're missing the slides to mount it?
Your troubles are over (sort of :-).
It turns out the slide DEC used was the General Devices 'Chassis Trak'
C-230-S-122 (22") - and those are still available (e.g. from Newark).
They're
somewhat pricey - the -124 (24") is slightly
cheaper, and can easily be
modified
to fit an H960, viz:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/jpg/24InchSlide.jpg
Thanks for this info Noel. I need the outer rails for my RK05 in a H960. So
it sounds like I would need the C-230-S-124. I am not clear from the picture
you linked to, what the modification is? My metalworking abilities are
limited.
Regards
Rob
The one in the image actually came off an -11/05 in a
10-1/2" box; the
3-3/8"
outer slide pair from the RK05 slides does in fact fit
the inner slides
(i.e.
the part permanently fixed to the box) used on a lot
of BA11 boxes.
One hitch: the location of the safety latches (the 'buttons' on the inner
slides
that pop out through holes in the intermediate slides)
is different on
most of
the BA11-K inners (on the three BA11-F's I've
looked at, they do match),
and so
the latches don't work. (Unless of course you make
the correct hole in the
intermediates, or drill new holes in the inners that come with the slide
set, to
match the mounting holes on the BA11-K, and use them
instead.)
So, better than nothing, if you have BA11's (or similar) and don't have
the
outer
slides, to mount them.
Noel