[rescue] Free Macs

[Chad Fernandez]

Brian, were you the one that had the extras?  I deleted the original
post already.  Were you up for shipping or was it pick up only?

Dual full height box sounds good to me!  Can these be converted to wide
operation with a new cable?

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Brian Hechinger wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 01:13:55AM -0400, s at avoidant.org wrote:
> >
> > > 10(ish) - DEC Storage Expansion
> > What are these and will they work with anything but a DECStation?
> 
> i'm going to reply to the list since you would be surprised how many
> people don't know what these things are (well, i'm surprised at least)
> 
> The Storage Expansion box is a large pizzabox(ish) looking thing.  it
> resembles the DECstations and VAXstations they are normally hooked up
> to.  They hold two drives in them, and have two centronic 50-pin SCSI
> connectors on the back.
> 
> when i say they hold two drives, i mean that they were originally
> designed to hold two 5.25" Full-Height SCSI disks.  with some
> creative metal-work, you should be able to fit a dozen 3.5" low
> profile disks in one of these, or maybe a dozen 3.5" full-height
> disks.  they are VERY sturdy boxes and have excellent power supplies.
> 
> -brian
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