Re: DECsystem 5900/260

"Greg A. Woods" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.pmax
Organization Planix, Inc.; Toronto, Ontario; Canada
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[ 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!  :-)

-- 
						Greg A. Woods

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