[rescue] Hardware Question: Vax 4000 and Rack Mounts

[Dave McGuire]

On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Eric Dittman wrote:
>>> Is it possible to pull the working guts from a pedistal-type Vax 4000
>>> and
>>> install them into a rack-moutable box ?
>>>
>>> Alternatively, anyone know of a source of rack-mountable Vax
>>> 4000/200's ?
>>
>>    Well unless you have the "narrow" (BA215 if memory serves) VAX4000
>> chassis, it's already rackmountable.  Pull it out of its plastic
>> sheath...you'll notice rackmount ears on the sides of the metal frame.
>
> There's also a rack-mount version of the VAX4000 chassis.  It
> is shorter and deeper.  The drives still go on the front, but
> the backplane is horizontal.  Right-angle connectors for any
> cords that plug in to the cards is a very good idea.

   Yup, that's what my 700a is mounted in.  Those things are carved out 
of solid blocks of unobtainium.

         -Dave

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