Subject: Re: DECsystem 5900/260
To: Dennis Grevenstein <dennis@pcde.inka.de>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/20/2004 22:35:11
[ On Thursday, November 18, 2004 at 22:13:40 (+0100), Dennis Grevenstein wrote: ]
> Subject: DECsystem 5900/260
>
> Maybe I can get a DECsystem 5900/260. As I understand this
> is just a 5000/260 in a rackmount box. Before I really
> talk the current owner into allowing me to screw this
> machine out of the rack I would like to know if I am really
> right. I don't have room for a 19" rack. If possible I
> would like to transfer the basic parts of the machine
> into a smaller case, maybe that of a 5000/200 or 5000/240.
> Is there anything I should be aware of?
It would be sad to trash a good rack-mount system just because you don't
have a rack to mount it in -- they'll sit fine on a table or stand you
know! :-)
(meanwhile I have a couple of 5000/250's that I'd probably even try to
use if I could rack-mount them in the racks I do have! :-)
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