> On Jun 15, 2015, at 21:55, tony duell <a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > [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 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? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/