[GreenKeys] Fwd: OT: Motorola Cabinet

[Paul Birkel]

Those snap-in nuts are both annoying (have to have enuff of them!) and nice (an extra bit of wiggle/positioning flexibility when adjusting the device chassis).  The wiggle can be especially useful when working with slides – which most rack-mount computer equipment has (or had …).  The especially nice slides also allowed tilting the chassis up by 45 and 90 degrees, locking in place at those positions.  Made servicing the underside of the chassis much more comfortable!  Beats lying on your back or craning your neck …

 

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Not a problem with this one.  

 

I've never seen one narrower than 19", but I lead a sheltered life?  There is a 23" version.

Then as someone mentioned there's the WE/Bell system that uses 12-24 screws rather than the more common 10-32 screws. Add to that the ones with holes for a snap in nuts.    I first ran into those with DEC computers.  

John, W9DDD

 


On Apr 24, 2021, at 5:32 PM, Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:

Be careful. Make sure it is a standard rack. I got a rack once that was not standard and nothing fit in it. It was too narrow. 

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On Apr 24, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Bruce Gentry via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

 

		
		
		
		

 

Thity or forty years ago these cabinets and usually the equipment inside were easy to get, and often a prop in science fiction films. They were used as cabinets for two-way radio base stations, usually high power low band VHF. In those times, brute force high power was used to get the desired coverage. I worked on quite a few of them.  Many were re-used for ham band repeaters.  "Do everything with style!"-  Kurt Hummel on the TV show "Glee" 

   Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY

 

On 4/24/21 16:56, Joe Clanin wrote:

(pictures attached) Does anyone have any experience with a cabinet like this? It's going for a good price near me and I'm thinking of picking it up. 

 

TIA for the advice.

 

-Joe

 

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