Re: DECsystem 5900/260

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Dennis Grevenstein wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 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?
>
> mfg
> Dennis
>
> --
> There is certainly no purpose in remaining in the dark
> except long enough to clear from the mind
> the illusion of ever having been in the light.
>                                         T.S. Eliot
>


AFAIK they are the same.

A 5000/240 case will work, a 5000/200 case would probably need surgery

Peter Wallace