12 Feb
2010
12 Feb
'10
10:49 p.m.
Anyone happen to know how the Vax 11/780 and the single-wide corporate peripheral cabinet
are joined together? The Vax has good casters, the peripheral cabinet has stupid casters,
and they're joined at the hip. Are there hidden bolts or latches, or some kind of
joiner panel like on the 11/750?
-Ian
12 Feb
12 Feb
10:53 p.m.
There are bolts you can reach from the inside of the CPU cabinet on the right (as
you're facing it) and from the inside of the peripheral cabinet on its left.
They're right where you'd expect, around the edges. There's an installation
manual on Bitsavers that has pictures. -- Ian
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Subject: Separating a Vax 11/780 from it's peripheral cabinet...
Anyone happen to know how the Vax 11/780 and the single-wide corporate peripheral cabinet
are joined together? The Vax has good casters, the peripheral cabinet has stupid casters,
and they're joined at the hip. Are there hidden bolts or latches, or some kind of
joiner panel like on the 11/750?
-Ian
11:14 p.m.
--- On Fri, 2/12/10, Ian King <IanK at vulcan.com> wrote:
There are bolts you can reach from
the inside of the CPU cabinet on the right (as you're facing
it) and from the inside of the peripheral cabinet on its
left.? They're right where you'd expect, around the
edges.? There's an installation manual on Bitsavers
that has pictures.? -- Ian
Good to know it's as straightforward as it should be. This is one of those
"Haven't seen it yet, but we are gonna need to figure out how it comes
apart..." kind of questions. I'll see if I can find the installation manual.
-Ian
13 Feb
13 Feb
5:57 a.m.
Good to know it's as straightforward as it should
be. This is one of those "Haven't seen it yet, but we are gonna need to figure
out how it comes apart..." kind of questions. I'll see if I can find the
installation manual.
So bring a socket set. They look 1/4-20 or thereabouts. There is
probably a cable we will also need to deal with, that connects the VAX
to the MAP.
--
Will
7:28 a.m.
You hit the size on the head, 1/4-20. There are three ribbon cables and one small Molex
connector. I recommend labeling the ribbon cables as you remove them (if they aren't
already), or you're going to be tracing through a rat's maze to get them right
again. -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
William Donzelli [wdonzelli at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:57 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Separating a Vax 11/780 from it's peripheral cabinet...
Good to know it's as straightforward as it should
be. This is one of those "Haven't seen it yet, but we are gonna need to figure
out how it comes apart..." kind of questions. I'll see if I can find the
installation manual.
So bring a socket set. They look 1/4-20 or thereabouts. There is
probably a cable we will also need to deal with, that connects the VAX
to the MAP.
--
Will
16 Feb
16 Feb
3:20 a.m.
You hit the size on the head, 1/4-20. ?There are three
ribbon cables and one small Molex connector. ?I recommend labeling the ribbon cables as
you remove them (if they aren't already), or you're going to be tracing through a
rat's maze to get them right again. ?-- Ian
Thanks for the info - the surgery was a success.
--
Will
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