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From: co@etek.chalmers.se (Christer Olsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Capacity of BA123 enclosure
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.110442.25579@etek.chalmers.se>
Date: 18 Mar 91 11:04:42 GMT
References: <1991Mar15.130841.18830@etek.chalmers.se> <2739@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, G|teborg, Sweden
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In article <2739@shodha.enet.dec.com> alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) writes:
>In article <1991Mar15.130841.18830@etek.chalmers.se>, co@etek.chalmers.se (Christer Olsson) writes:
>> 
>
>	There is indeed space to hold 5 full height 5.25" things.
>	On the panel under the front door there are four places
>	to put the ready/write-protect switch for the RD disks.
>	I've seen (an unsupported configuration by the way) four
>	RD54s and a TK50 in the BA123.  Turning the system on was
>	an interesting experience for the lurking fear the power 
>	supplies wouldn't be able to handle the load.

I think the BA123's 460W power supply is capable to handle the load of
the Exabyte (15W) I plan to put in the left cage.

>> Is it possible to put a normal full-height unit into the RX50-hole
>> in left?
>
>	I'd only put something in there that didn't use much
>	power.  If you put a disk check with the vendor to make
>	sure nothing happens to it when laying on it's side.

Most 5.25" full height drives needs 25W each. 2 RD54's, 1 Wren VII, 1
TK50 and one Exabyte 8200 shouldn't be more than 110-120 W.

(The machine is a Vaxstation II/GPX)


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