[rescue] Re: Lily at Comdisco has more Ultra 30s (Fourty at last count!)

[Paul Sladen]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> Also, the U30/U60 will take 1.6" SCA drives easily, so all those
> great SCA drive-deals that *won't* fit in the SS/5, SS/20, or
> most Ultra 1/2/5/10 will fit in the U30/60 boxes.

Hehe, since Noon on Wednesday, my mean fast 1.6" SCA has fitted very nicely
into my SS5!  Thank You.

(ok, ok, so 30minutes of violence with a soldering iron, and pliers to
remove the top connector, but at least it fits now!).  And the `purple'
mounting sled doesn't work because you can't close the handle because of the
height of the back corner;  so I had to press the drive home, and /then/
press the sled home with it, and /then/ screw the drive into the sled using
the side screws.

Main probably is that the drive is getting a /little/ hot, and so I've had
to remove the blanking plates from the other end of the front `tunnel'
(no CD or floppy in my box), and have stuck a big fan in there instead.
Any alternative ideas gang... the hole+fan is bit unsightly.

Tips:?  -- Melt the solder, then use brute force, and do lots of waggling so
           that the pins break on the connector.

Paul