RA81

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Wed Aug 26 21:18:01 1998

At 03:23 PM 26-08-98 -0700, Seth J. Morabito wrote:

>Well, I did something silly. I bid $26 on an RA81 (DEC) harddrive at
>WeirdStuff Warehouse, and I won it.
>
>This means, unfortunately, that I'm going to have to move the damn thing.
>As I understand it, RA81's weigh 148 pounds. I need some seriously
>good tips about how to move the thing without a) killing myself and b)
>destroying the drive :)

OK, it's not that hard to lock the heads down which is basically all you
need to do before moving the RA81. I should point out that I moved an 11/44
about 50Km with not only the heads not locked down on the RA81, but it
wasn't even secure in the rack. Every time we went right, the drive rolled
out, and going left make it slide (rapidly) back into the rack.
Surprisingly! the drive still worked when we arrived at work - we hadn't
planned to use it, so I hadn't taken the normal precautions...

Open the drive up (there are two vertical slots in the front of the drive
which release the catch). There's a white plastic lever, move to the locked
position. Close lid. Carry (this is very much a two person job). Reverse
process before using :-)

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