[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[Marc Van Dyck]

ChrisQ was thinking very hard :
> On 08/23/12 04:42, Paul Sture wrote:
>
>>
>> This is a completely different story to the HP Microserver I bought last
>> December.
>>
>> These come with a screwdriver and enough correct screws to fit 4 disks,
>> all neatly arranged on the inside of the front door.  Mine has empty
>> slots for 4 further screws.  Presumably if I had ordered the same model
>> without an optical drive, those screws would be present.
>>
>
> Well, they must have learned something from Compaq then :-). Compaq
> machines came with  a set of spare screws inside the case, in their own
> little tapped holes, specially for the purpose. You could get any
> Compaq machine to bits and replace drives, whatever with a single torx
> driver.
>
> Properly sorted...
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris

That reminds me of the VAXstation 9000 series, that were so well
engineered that you could exchange all replaceable parts with no tool
at all. I still have a working VAXstation 9600 + expansion box at
home...

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Marc Van Dyck