DEC RX02-PA?

[Sean Caron]

He's got a lot of interesting stuff for sale ... anyone looking for a
Silent 700?


On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Ben Sinclair <ben at bensinclair.com> wrote:

> If it was a salvageable set of RX02s, it would have been nice to have!
> Too bad he pulled the listing.
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com>
> wrote:
> > On 09/08/2015 18:14, Sean Caron wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
> >
> >
> > If a TZ30 has the same mounting holes as a 5.25" disk drive, it's doable.
> > There's an official DEC mounting kit to mount 2 x RX33 where you'd
> normally
> > find an RX50 in a BA23/BA123.  It's basically two side plates, to hold
> the
> > upper and lower drives together.
> >
> > --
> > Pete
> >
> > Pete Turnbull
>
>
>
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> Ben Sinclair
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