On 05-Aug-97, Allison J Parent wrote:
>odd sounding box. The BA23 is a 6"x19"x29" chassis out of the plastic dress
>case. The BA123 is about double the width but the layout is very different.
>The backplane is fixed in a main chassin and has a door over it and dress
>covers. Sounds like a either a bs23 or BA213 skunk box. Most ba23s only
>have one hard drive and either RX50 or TK50/70 tape.
This one is in a plastic case mounted on a pedestal..the cases outside
dimensions are: 6"W x 28-1/4" L x 24" H. The dimensions of the internal
chasis alone are approximately: 5"W x 24" L x 17-1/2" H. It certainly doesn't
sound wide enough to be a BA123, which threw me off at first when Tim
suggested that's what it was. It doesn't seem to match the dimensions of the
BA23 though either, especially since it has two slide-mounted hard disks in
it, though it lacks a tape drive or any other type of removable media.
>FYI the BA23 (Ihave one) slides into a plastic pedestal case from the back.
>or the metal box can have rack mount ears.
This one also alows the whole chasis to slide in and out of the pedestal
case...and it looks like it'd allow it to do it just as easily from the front
as it would the rear.
>The 6x6 card? got me. A KA630a is quad width double height (8.5x11).
Well my guaging of dimensions by eye leaves much to be desired..which is
why I took a seamstress tape to the case for the above dimensions!
>If the OS is ultrix yes, VMS no. If the case is BA23 drve ready switches
>should be off before turning on and off before turning off. I'd say don't
>power it till you have a terminal anyhow as VAXen look for a console
>terminal or they don't finish power diags or boot! It also queries the
>terminal for what It is, the altos unless a vt100 clone will nto give the
>right response (no biggie but there is some console editing that will not
>happen then).
I'll keep an eye out for a VT-100 or such then....it doesnt look likely
I'll find a keyboard for the Altos anyhow. I think I've seen VT-100's for
about $50 on the newsgroups.
Jeff
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