15 Jun
2015
15 Jun
'15
9:55 p.m.
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In mine, an RL02 drive is the third unit of the rack
containing the CPU cabinet, and the TU80 tape drive is too tall
As I understand it, there were intitially 2 'packaged' systems. One had the CPU
with an RL02 under it for the
OS disk and an RL02 on top for the user disk. The other had an R80 in place of the bottom
RL02.
If you had the first version, the bottom RL02 slid out to change the pack.
for that slot (though one of the later front-loaders
would probably fit). If you don't need an RL02 drive, then i
That's what they did. There was a third (later) packaged system with the CPU, an R80
under it and a front
loading (Cipher F880) magtape on top. That is what mine started out as.
think the hole it would leave behind is just the right
size for an expansion chassis. Hmm, if it's the same rack that > originally had the
RL02 in it, then there should be no top panel, as the top-mounted RL02 was meant to be
I am not sure if I got the top panel but if I did it is no longer on the rack...
-tony