Looking for two pairs of DS10L rails

[Carl Lowenstein]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Marc Schlensog <mschlens at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:38:49 -0700
> Carl Lowenstein <carl.lowenstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I've got two DS10Ls sitting at OSUOSL [1] idle because they won't
>> > rack them without rails.
>> >
>> > They're going to be set up to help with Alpha development things.
>> > I'd be great to get some rails if someone has any.
>>
>> Are DS10L rails distinctly different from generic rails for arbitrary
>> 1U computers?
>
> Probably in the same way as everything DEC was different from generic
> stuff. Looking at my DS10Ls, I don't think generic ones would work.
> I have a quadmount kit, which is probably not what you want, Matt.
> I would have two more DS10L but I doubt that S&H is reasonable.

OK I just looked at the instructions for installing a DS10L rack-mount
kit <http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/download/ds10l_ls_single-rm.pdf>.

It's just like the DS10 rack-mount kit which I had one of in the past,
except not so tall.   That is, a pair of L-cross-section brackets
attach to the rack rails to form the edges of a shelf.
A pair of rack-mount ears attach to the front panel of the computer,
and secure it in the front-to-back direction.  That's all.  There is
no direct attachment betwen the computer box and the rails, it just
rests there by its own weight.

Essentially the computer is sitting on a shelf, except that only outer
half inch of the shelf is present.  None of the fancy telescoping
slide stuff, with pieces of slide that are bolted to the sides of the
computer box, and other pieces that attach to the rack.

You could mount two DS10Ls in a quad mount kit, and have space left
over.  <http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/download/ds10l_ls_quad.pdf>

    carl
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    carl lowenstein         marine physical lab     u.c. san diego
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