29 Oct
2001
29 Oct
'01
2:17 a.m.
Are the sdies getting stuck on wheel brackets that stick out too far? A DEC
rack I have for a tape drive had that problem. The brackets by the two back
wheels stick out about 1/8". Enough to stop the side panel from lifting
neatly up...
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! From: Gunther Schadow [mailto:gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org]
! Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:11 PM
! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
! Subject: How to disassemble an HSC90?
!
!
! Hi,
!
! has anyone of you ever disassembled an HSC cabinet? I am looking
! pretty stupid right now. It's not the first piece of DEC iron
! equipment that I have moved in pieces, I did two VAX6000 and one
! TU81+. But this one is different. While being half-height like the
! TU81, it's quite a bit deeper. The side-walls appear to be just
! locked at the bottom and then hooked such that one can lift it
! up and off, like the TU81's side walls. However, they do not move
! no matter how hard I try. I don't find any screws holding them,
! though. And with the sidewalls on, I cannot remove the top-cover
! either.
!
! So, I was hoping I could at least take it into two pieces by
! moving the whole core out in one piece. Apparently that central
! unit is just screwed on the front, like a rack-mount device.
! Indeed I can move it out quite far. But then it stops at a
! protruding piece of the backplane circuit board! There seems
! to be no way to move that core all the way out other than by
! removing the backplane circuite board. And I'm not going to do
! that.
!
! Other DEC equipment was quite straight forward to disassemble,
! but this one beats the auto-assembies in difficulty level.
! I appreciate every advice. My suspicion is that the sidewalls
! are indeed removable, but mine are just stuck. Someone seen
! it?
!
! regards
! -Gunther
!
! --
! Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.
! gschadow(a)regenstrief.org
! Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for
! Health Care
! Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School
! of Medicine
! tel:1(317)630-7960
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29 Oct
29 Oct
5:01 a.m.
David Woyciesjes wrote:
Are the sdies getting stuck on wheel brackets that stick out too far? A DEC
rack I have for a tape drive had that problem. The brackets by the two back
wheels stick out about 1/8". Enough to stop the side panel from lifting
neatly up...
Yup, that's how it works with the TU81. Those brackets can be easily
removed by loosening up the screws and lifing the metal pieces up and
away. Then the side walls can be yanked off by a good pull straight up.
That's how it appears to be with the HSC initially: in fact, there are
two similar metal pieces in the front that can be unfastened and pushed
inward. Yet, after this is done the sidewalls don't move any easier.
They are stuck as if glued or welded on! This is like a magic chinese
woodbox. May be there is a magic thing you have to know so everything
resolves in ease, but so far this transcendental knowledge has not
been revealed to earthly beings by the gods who dwelleth on the Mt.
Manynard or their prophets who service the fields. :-)
regards
-Gunther
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