On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: > > > I'm not absolutely sure exactly what you have that's holding the '11/03 > backplane'; if it's a standard BA11-M enclosure, the answer, sadly, is > 'no'. > [...] > If your '11/03 backplane' is a different kind of backplane, in some other > kind > of box (e.g. BA11-N or BA11-S), the answer, sadly, is still 'no', because > they > both also use terminal blocks for power. (Although if you have a BA11-S, > you'd > already be set, those are Q22 native.) > > OK, now that I know what I'm looking for, my target options here are:
Chassis: BA11-N and "OBA11-R" (an expansion box) Backplanes currently in these chassis are: H9273 and H9273-A Power supplies are all H786. > Really, it's not that hard to upgrade an H9270-A (or the H9273-A in a > BA11-N) > to Q22 (I have done several of the latter); the transplant you speak of > (were > it possible) is on the same order of magnitude of work. > > Noel > So, since grafting in the Micro backplane would involve butcher work, I'm now wholeheartedly convinced that I should be moving to your setup with the BA11-N/S boxes, Noel. And I'm sold on the Q-22 backplane conversion (despite failing the first time I tried it years ago). Going to study what prints I have, review previous advice and go for it. Thank you for all the tips and hand-holding! --jake
