[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[Marc Van Dyck]

Hans Vlems used his keyboard to write :
> 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:
>>>> 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.
>>> 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?

Yes, 4000-96, sorry for the mistake.

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Marc Van Dyck