[Info-vax] DS10 disk bay question

[Hans Vlems]

On Aug 19, 2:10 pm, dsnyder <danieldsny... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 3:10 am, Hans Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> Gotohttps://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=ds10&uname=DanielDSnyder&psc=G...
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Yup, the part is just visible on the lower left hand corner on top of
the P/S.
The Compaq part no. is: 74-60311-01-B01-KI
The question still is: what is its purpose ?
Hans