________________________________________ From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mark J. Blair [n...@nf6x.net] Sent: 16 June 2015 06:06 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Serial UNIBUS Repeater?
> > [11/730] > > > >> for that slot (though one of the later front-loaders would probably fit). > >> If you don't need an RL02 drive, then i > > > > That's what they did. There was a third (later) packaged system with the > > CPU, an R80 under it and a front > > loading (Cipher F880) magtape on top. That is what mine started out as. > > Aha! I didn't know that. Makes a lot of sense, and takes up half the floor > space compared to having a TU80 in a > second rack. I think the documentation I have predates that configuration > option. I guess magtape was more useful as a backup medium than the RL02... > > I am not sure if I got the top panel but if I did it is no longer on the > > rack... > > If you do have it, I wonder if it would be hard to add hinges for easy access > to a top expansion chassis? Something tells me that top panel was hinged at the back... -tony
