Caster?? (was: Netscape (was Re: PayPal = payola?)

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
Date: Mon Jan 28 14:46:48 2002

We had the term "casters" on the base unit under our three bay racks inthe
AF that held approx 2800 lbs for the set of 6 between the HP 1000, 16" hard
drive, HVDCpower supply, AC convertor ADC convertors, various IEEE488 test
equipment (we all know how heavy HP stuff is/was before 1990) etc and as I
said the parts manual from Boeing reffered to them as casters, even though
they where phenolic wheels with brakses and ball bearing swivels. I think
it's a generic term to refer to wheel sets that independantly swivel besides
rolling (maybe in reference to an alignment term of "caster" opposite
"camber"??)

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[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:28 PM
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Subject: Caster?? (was: Netscape (was Re: PayPal = payola?)


I was under the impression that casters were only for very lightweight
stuff that was intended to be movable by one person without a forklift, or
even a dolly.



I wish that I could have a REAL computer.
Received on Mon Jan 28 2002 - 14:46:48 GMT