[Info-vax] DS10 disk bay question

[Hans Vlems]

On Aug 18, 11:34 pm, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
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> brian wrote 2011-08-18 22:50:
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> > Hans Vlems wrote:
> >> Two weeks ago I was given a DS20E and a DS10.
> >> The DS10 got VMS installed and after reading the quickspecs it turned
> >> out there is a third bay inside to put a SCSI disk in (or an IDE disk
> >> if one is so inclined).
> >> In that bay is a metal part, a sheet of metal with two sides bent
> >> upwards and fitted with one screw to the back of the cabinet. The
> >> underside just lies on the disk bay and one side, the one with the
> >> screw also blocks the airflow when fitted. Then again, if that was its
> >> role in life a much smaller piece of metal would have done that job.
> >> So: What is the purpose of this part?
> >> Hans
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> > I can't see any reference to this part in the Illustrated parts guide.
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> > Brian
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> I had a disk mounted there just until few weeks ago.
> Right on top of the power supply at the back.
> IN a XP900, but it is more or less the same box as DS10.- Hide quoted text -
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Right on top of the power supply, with a power connector and a SCSI
connector conveniently nearby.
I put in a 9.1 GB 7200 rpm SE SCSI Compaq branded disk. With 0,75 GB
main memory the DS10 is
quite useful: powerful, quiet and not too much heat output.
Hans