DEC xx2247 keys - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Feb 2003

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  > My local keycutting shop cut a copy for just a
little less than that.
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  >  The key style is quite standard.  The trick, of
course, is getting the
...
   first one :-)

 Not really... the point of the XX2247 is that a full-service locksmith
...
  should be able to cross-reference that to a set of key
depths, 
Finding a good locksmith who can do that isn't all that easy over here.

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  Another word to the wise on DEC keys - if you have a
newer PDP-11
 (11/24, for example) or a newer keyed VAX (like my 8200) with the
 *plastic* lock body - there are no tumblers.  A key blank will
 operate your machine - DEC shipped an orangish-red plastic key
 with those systems, but the older keys (or a blank) will turn the
 lock. 
The plastic keys are actually a slightly different size.  All the ones
I've seen are beige plastic (but they may be slightly later, mostly
...
 from Alphas). 
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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York