More info RE: KA650 & uVAX

From: Greg Linder <fluke_at_Mcs.Net>
Date: Wed May 5 23:07:20 1999

        Greetings..

        I have had TK's in all sorts of enclosures- my uVAX II's TK-50 has
been installed in a pc-type drive case, and is currently living in a
boardless DECmate III chassis. The power connector is very standard to my
knowledge. I did lose a tk-50 beforehand, though, due to improper
insulation between the PCB on the drive and the metal of the box it was
installed in. I agree with the cardboard solution- Whenever I mount drives
of any type that I don't have many of I always either cover the bare metal
case with contact paper or a piece of carboard or something
non-conductive.
        The one that I lost came from a failed machine, and had been
sitting around on a friend's dirty workbench for a while. I didn't clean
it quite good enough, and a piece of tiny wire had fallen where it
shouldn't have.
        My uVAX 3500 also has had it's tk-70 running on a variety of power
sources, and I've always hooked it up to a standard drive power connector.


        Greg Linder
        fluke_at_mcs.net
Received on Wed May 05 1999 - 23:07:20 BST