Need bezel for DEC TLZ06-AA

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Sep 5 17:59:33 2000

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 healyzh_at_aracnet.com wrote:

> > I recently purchased a few DEC TLZ06-AA DAT drives, and they arrived
> > today. Unfortunately, The bezel on them is the width of a 3.5" drive,
> > but the height of a half-height 5 1/4" drive.
> >
> > Does anyone know where I can get normal 5 1/4" bezel for them?
> > Any suggestions on how to mount them in a PC and a uVAX II?
>
> I don't think you're going to be able to get a regular bezel for them, your
> best bet would be to take a piece of plastic and fabricate something to go
> over the existing one.
>
> Mounting in the PC would be fairly easy I'd think. Just get a 3.5" HD
> mounting kit for a 5.25" bay, the same thing would take care of the uVAX II
> if you've got the sled for it to go on.

I did something similar a while back in order to mount a different tape
drive. The kit had a blank panel that I cut the center out of so that
it would bridge the gap on either end between drive and case. IIRC, I
also needed to relocate some of the screw holes in the adapter to match
the drive involved.
                                                 - don
 
> The TLZ06 is a nice drive, I've got one (with the 5.25" bezel) in my
> PWS433au, and OpenVMS loves it.
>
> Zane
>
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 05 2000 - 17:59:33 BST