22 Feb
2015
22 Feb
'15
9:36 a.m.
From a while back:
From: Noel Chiappa
What's odd is that RL0x's use almost identical
(maybe they are
identical) slides
So I recently happened to be doing some stuff in the basement, and I compared
the DEC part numbers on the RA81 slides and some RL02 slides I have, and
... they are indeed the same part number!
but on the RLOx's, there _is_ (I think) a way to
take the drive out
without undoing screws; there's a little latch at the very front of the
slide, and it looks like if one trips that latch, the rail along the
side of the drive case will slide out out of the slides.
I have yet to try this and see if the RL0x's will in fact slide out - does
anyone happen to know if RL0x's can be slid out?
I wonder why they didn't do that on the RA8x's
as well? Maybe because
those weigh so much more?
Definitely a possibility, given that they are in fact the same slides.
Noel
22 Feb
22 Feb
9:56 a.m.
On Feb 22, 2015, at 11:36 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at
mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
From a while back:
You can slide them all the way out to the maintenance position, but if you want to remove
the drive from the rack completely, there are two screws on each side that must be
removed. It's a bit tricky, the screws in question are only visible if the drive is
slightly back from the full forward position.
From: Noel Chiappa
What's odd is that RL0x's use almost
identical (maybe they are
identical) slides
So I recently happened to be doing some stuff in the basement, and I compared
the DEC part numbers on the RA81 slides and some RL02 slides I have, and
... they are indeed the same part number!
but on the RLOx's, there _is_ (I think) a way
to take the drive out
without undoing screws; there's a little latch at the very front of the
slide, and it looks like if one trips that latch, the rail along the
side of the drive case will slide out out of the slides.
I have yet to try this and see if the RL0x's will in fact slide out - does
anyone happen to know if RL0x's can be slid out? I wonder why they didn't do that on the
RA8x's as well? Maybe because
those weigh so much more?
Definitely a possibility, given that they are in fact the same slides.
Noel 
3:59 p.m.
On 2015-02-22 18:36, Noel Chiappa wrote:
From a while back:
What? That can't be. They are physically different.
Johnny
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From: Noel Chiappa
What's odd is that RL0x's use almost
identical (maybe they are
identical) slides
So I recently happened to be doing some stuff in the basement, and I compared
the DEC part numbers on the RA81 slides and some RL02 slides I have, and
... they are indeed the same part number!
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