[Info-vax] DS10 power supply unit

[abrsvc]

On Thursday, May 3, 2012 4:08:26 PM UTC-4, JF Mezei wrote:
> There was a story out in a magazine many years ago how the Digital
> engineers covertly designed the DS10L at night by reusing the same
> motherboard but using commodity items to fit everything into the 1U form
> factor.
> 
> Would the DS10L use the same power supply as the DS10 ?  Or did they
> find another power supply for the 1U form factor that already had the
> same outputs ?

The power supplies are different for the DS10 and DS10L. The power requirements for the DS10L are less due to the decreased area for options.  The motherboards are the same.  The internal space for disks, memory and PCI boards is reduced, thus the decreased power requirements.

Dan