DEC RX02-PA?

[Sean Caron]

DEC did sell a version of the BA23 that was intended to be used just as an
expansion peripherals cabinet. You shouldn't have any problems putting HH
devices in BA23 bays (so long as you have the appropriate interfaces to
drive them) but you may need i.e. 3.5" to 5.25" bracket to attach to the
BA23 sleds, and you'll have (cosmetic) blank space on top after putting a
HH device in a FH bay. I imagine you'd have to make a special bracket to
mount a TZ30/RX33 over-under in one of the 5.25" bays in the BA23 but it
could certainly be done ... No such factory configuration exists AFAIK... I
think the BA23 was fairly superseded by the S-box when those peripherals
hit the market.

Best,

Sean


On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Douglas Taylor <dj.taylor4 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> On 8/9/2015 11:48 AM, Ben Sinclair wrote:
>
>> I found this on eBay, and I'm not sure what it is:
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DIGITAL-RX02-COMPUTER-SYSTEM-2-FLOPPY-DRIVES-UNTESTED-T27-/181827282211?hash=item2a55c02523
>>
>> I haven't seen RX-02s in a case like this before, and some Googling
>> doesn't seem to reveal much of anything.
>>
>> Does anyone know what this is exactly?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> This seller (who has a bizarre sounding name) also has a pair of RX33
> floppies for sale.  The mounting hardware is interesting, was there ever
> something like that
> for the BA23?  I always wanted to mount a TZ30 and RX33 drive in place of
> the RX50 drive, was that ever an option?
>
>