[Info-vax] Slightly OT: DEC racks and modern servers

[Bob Koehler]

In article <0084b40e$0$24581$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> 
> It is interesting that the rackmount kit for the DS10L wasn't long
> enough to reach the back rail of the Q5 cabinet (same as the cabinet for
> RA80 drives), but the Apple rackmount can extend to a 36inch deep
> cabinet. (AKA: Dec's equipment didn't fit DEC's cabinets, but Apple's
> appear to be compatible :-)

   DEC frequently used short rails.  We had one system where our
   hardware vendor bought third party rails specifically meant to mount
   DEC hardware.  But when I bought cabinets I just ordered a couple of
   low profile side rails that DEC stuff expected to use.