>From: Tom I Helbekkmo <tih@Hamartun.Priv.NO>

>> > system, and one or two 10½ inch disk or tape storage devices -- one
>>                          ^^^^^^^^
>> 19".
>
>I quoted that bit directly from the DEC documentation, even though I
>reacted somewhat to the ambiguity of the statement.  It's not saying
>that the disk and tape devices both share some 10½" form factor, but
>rather that the disks are 10½" disks -- e.g. RA81, as in my case.

But it gave the same size for both disks and tapes -- surely they were
referring to the *height* of the 19" box?  10.5" is standard for all the
older rackmount disks and many tapes.  (I'm assuming that the non-ASCII
character you're using refers to "1/2" in your character set.)

John Wilson
D Bit