[R-390] Suitable equipment racks for R-390A's

[Roy Morgan]

At 08:38 AM 7/31/2007, Tim  Shoppa wrote:
>Colin asks:
> > I'm looking for a 19" equipment rack to install my R-390A in.
>If you hang around the used minicomputer areas, DEC H960's
>These sorts of racks shouldn't cost you more than $50-$100 (I got all
>of mine for free).

Colin and Tim,

Colin seemed to be asking about suppliers of new racks. My guess is that as 
soon as he finds out the prices, he'll be looking for "surplus" racks of 
some sort.

I have a four foot tall roll-around DEC cabinet that I think had a big disk 
drive in it in the ancient past.  It will hold hundreds of pounds of stuff. 
It may even hold three or four R-390's in the front and three more in the 
back, radios mounted back to back.  The wheels would let me tune the front 
ones then tune the back ones.   Now where did I stash those chassis slides 
I lugged back from fests at great trouble!?

Any way, big or even medium rack cabinets are not all that likely to be 
lugged to hamfests.  Ads in radio club magazines, mailing lists and even 
Graig's List for your area may well turn up someone who's "downsizing" and 
would be happy to have you come get his rack cabinets.

(Any one in the DC/Virginia area have some for relocation?)

Roy



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