[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[Hans Vlems]

On 23 aug, 21:07, Marc Van Dyck <marc.gr.vand... at invalid.skynet.be>
wrote:
> ChrisQ was thinking very hard :
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> > On 08/23/12 04:42, Paul Sture wrote:
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> >> This is a completely different story to the HP Microserver I bought last
> >> December.
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> >> 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Properly sorted...
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> > Regards,
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> > Chris
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> 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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What is a VAXstation 9600? Or did you mean a VAXstation 4000-96?