On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 6:29 AM pbirkel--- via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone recognize the (presumably) DEC power supply on the front half > of > the rack-bottom in the 11/44 listing at: > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/363640137050 > > > > Blurry photo, but it looks like there are a 4x3, a 3x3, and a 3x5 Molex > connector, and two brown mini-modules protruding from the right side. > > > > If so, then what purpose did it likely serve? > It's not a DEC power supply, it's a Fujitsu power supply, likely for an M2284 SMD drive. Probably went in the empty slot you mention below. - Josh > > > > It appears that the 6U immediately below the 11/44 was likely occupied by > an > RX02 given the presence of an M8256 in the 11/44 backplane (and skinny > mounting rails, although I thought those were usually at the bottom of the > RX02), and that included its own power supply (which wasn't very beefy > either, nor did it need to be). > > > > What went into the 6U immediately above the power supply is unclear; there > is a HEX Wespercorp TC130 Tape Controller as well as three unknown QUAD > modules in the 11/44 backplane. Perhaps there was a horizontal autoload > tape drive mounted there that required a separate power supply? > > > > Curious! > > paul > >
