Wanted: RA81/RA82 Disk Platter

From: Jason McBrien <jbmcb_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat Nov 16 00:21:00 2002

I've got one, but it's occupying a place of honor in my collection. The rest
are sitting in my RA-82, which I'm not about to take apart. These things are
hard to come by, as actually cracking open a RA series disk enclosure is
akin to opening an industrial refridgeration compressor, they just aren't
designed to come apart. My friend managed to open one by chocking a concrete
drill with a high speed cobalt aircraft auger bit and drilling out the
bolt/screw things that cement the clamshell shut.

----- Original Message -----
From: "brian wheeler" <bdwheele_at_indiana.edu>
To: <rescue_at_sunhelp.org>; <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Wanted: RA81/RA82 Disk Platter


> Sort of off topic, but sort of not.
>
> My department is planning to have a roast of the former director and
> because he was a big user of our former VAX systems, some people think
> that mounting a disk platter would be a nice touch.
>
> Anyone have have an extra RA81/RA82 disk platter for free/cheap?
>
> Brian Wheeler
> bdwheele_at_indiana.edu
>
Received on Sat Nov 16 2002 - 00:21:00 GMT