23 Mar
2012
23 Mar
'12
3:57 a.m.
On 2012-03-22 08:01, "Henk Gooijen"<henk.gooijen at hotmail.com> wrote:
From: "Johnny Billquist"<bqt at
softjar.se>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:46 AM
To:<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: And RA8x too, was Re: RA90 or RA92 disks
Of course I'm right. :-)
Why do anyone even doubt that? :-)
> Hum. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
isn't the SA72 the box that holds up to
> 4 RA7x drives? Same physical size as one RA90?
>
> If so, then no, it don't hold 4 RA9x drives. Also, the RA70 works just
> fine in it, as do all RA7x drives. RA70 is somewhat unique, though, in
> that it was designed to also be usable without any front panel at all. So
> there are dip switches on it that can be used to set the unit number.
>
> Johnny
>
> --
> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
> || on a psychedelic trip
> email:bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
You may very well be right Johnny. I was just dumping my grey memory cells:-) I did not
check the HW.
Isn't the SA72 a small slim long metal box with a power supply in the
middle and room for two RA[79]x drive at both ends? At the front side
at the top is a connector for the small front panel. The width of the front
is 0.5 of 19" so that two of these fit next to each other in a 19" rack.
If that's way off, I'd have to check what I actually have ...
No, that's the thing. Yes, the PS is in the middle. It also have a
rather special cable (or two if you want to use both ports) that come
out. I don't know the right terminology here, but it's shaped like the
standard D-sub, but is wider and higher, and have lots of pins. That
cable splits into 4 SDI connectors at the other end.
It only holds RA7x drives. One RA9x drive is the same size as the whole
SA72.
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol