30 Jan
2006
30 Jan
'06
11:16 a.m.
I have a VS3100/76 that did not come with any drive sleds. I would like to fabricate a
replacement, but I haven't been able to locate any in-depth descriptions or pictures
of the sled. Does anyone have a description or picture? I'm not sure if it is screw-on
bosses like Sun Aurora chasses use for the CD/Floppy or if it is a solid sled with the
bosses included.
30 Jan
30 Jan
11:32 a.m.
I'm going out on a limb on this one, but if the VS3100 M76 uses the
same chassis as my M38 ( A slim, desktop affair made of solid metal),
then it's just screw-on bosses, and no additional chassis needed. In
essence, it's just a phillips-head screw/bolt with a rubber-like pad a
short distance under the screw head that screws directly into my
drives.
Josef
On 1/30/06, compoobah at valleyimplants.com <compoobah at valleyimplants.com>
wrote:
I have a VS3100/76 that did not come with any drive
sleds. I would like to fabricate a replacement, but I haven't been able to locate any
in-depth descriptions or pictures of the sled. Does anyone have a description or picture?
I'm not sure if it is screw-on bosses like Sun Aurora chasses use for the CD/Floppy or
if it is a solid sled with the bosses included.
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31 Jan
31 Jan
2:04 p.m.
Josef Chessor wrote:
I'm going out on a limb on this one, but if the
VS3100 M76 uses the
same chassis as my M38 ( A slim, desktop affair made of solid metal),
then it's just screw-on bosses, and no additional chassis needed. In
essence, it's just a phillips-head screw/bolt with a rubber-like pad
a short distance under the screw head that screws directly into my
drives.
I think you are right. I've never seen a sled for the VS 3100s
(or the uV 3100s). The drives have rubber bosses screwed on as
you say. The drive mounting plate, which covers the entire
mainboard and could not reasonably be called a sled, has
springy metal tabs that hold the drive in position.
If the original querant's machine has a visible mainboard,
then he is missing a reasonably large piece of metal (or
two IIRC, in the case of the M48 etc.) Not impossible to
manufacture a work-alike, but probably tough to make
a reasonable copy.
Antonio
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Antonio carlini
arcarlini at iee.org
2:37 p.m.
Antonio,
On 1/31/06, a.carlini at ntlworld.com <arcarlini at iee.org> wrote:
If the original querant's machine has a visible
mainboard,
then he is missing a reasonably large piece of metal (or
two IIRC, in the case of the M48 etc.) Not impossible to
manufacture a work-alike, but probably tough to make
a reasonable copy.
If the M48 is like my M38 and he's missing the upper metal plate, he's
also missing the SCSI controller, as mine's on a board on top of the
large, metal plate.
Out of curiousity, do the other members of the VAXstation 3x00-series
also have the propietary 50-pin external SCSI connector arrangement
that my M38 does? Or, is there an inexpensive way to procure an
external SCSI cable for a VAXstation 3100 M38? I love my VAX dearly,
but it would certainly be nice to have external drives (My entire SCSI
B bus is going to waste...). eBay is of no help here, whenever I go
looking.
Josef
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"I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world
and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke."
-- Hilda "Sharpie" Burroughs,
"The Number of the Beast" by Robert A. Heinlein
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