[rescue] ss 10 disk mounting grommets

[Robert Rose]

Robert> Gee, I've got a metric butt-load of them, well actually
Robert> they're from the HP hot-plug disks, but look the same as
Robert> the Sparc 10 ones except for colour (black instead of
Robert> yellow) and they've need a HP/Compaq style torx
Robert> screwdriver.

 >Rather than ship them half way around the world... where did you get
 >them from? Does HP have a part number, and do they sell them?

HP's hot-plug disk canisters (very similar to the DEC StorageWorks ones) 
have regular SCSI disks (SCA) inside, they're encased in aluminium and 
the disks have 4 of these mounting grommets that sit in U shaped slots 
in the aluminium shells.
I got a heap of 2 and 4Gb SE and Diff disks at auction for around 
$US1-3/GB, a few have been dead, but so far I've used at least 12 
successfully.  It takes some effort to "peel" them, but I've got it down 
to about 10 seconds now.  They've also got nifty two-colour LEDs in them 
that would probably be really useful if I had something to do with them.

I doubt HP have a part number for them as the disks in their canisters 
are probably considered FRUs.

Rob.