I’d buy one or two
> On Aug 9, 2022, at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I have a friend who has one of the wire rack RL style pack racks, which looks > a lot like the one pictured. I've thought about having a wireform > manufacturer do a run of them. Aforementioned friend is willing to loan it > for dimensional capture/reproduction. Is this something people would be > interested in? If so I can set up a preorder information-gatherer and get > interest numbers. > > Final form would probably be stainless wire to avoid having to chrome it. I'd > try very hard to have it made in the USA, but would consider offshore > manufacturing if the price was too high (as is the case with circuit boards, > for most of our products/projects). > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 at 06:26, Joshua Rice via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >> >> >> >> I have definitely seen pictures of them stacked edge-on. Since they were >> essentially identical physically to the IBM 5440 disk packs (though >> formatting would be wildly different), i imagine that might be a good >> place to start in regards to existing designs. Alternatively, it should >> be trivial to knock one together with some ply and dowels. >> >> https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/xlarge/35979/3a9db5d799ac1fe3783402cbe0e8a525fcd10503.jpg >> >> >> Cheers, Josh >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "devin davison via cctalk" cctalk@classiccmp.org >> >> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" >> cctalk@classiccmp.org >> >> Cc: "devin davison" lyokob...@gmail.com >> >> Sent: Monday, 8 Aug, 2022 At 21:21 >> Subject: [cctalk] Dec rl02 disk pack shelf design >> Hello, >> I have many rl02 disk packs for my pdp 11/34 and 11/05. I have just been >> stacking them upright, but that has not been the safest or the most >> space >> efficient. Were any kinds of shelves made for these disk packs, perhaps >> similar to 9 track hanging tape racks? Trying to make things look more >> organized too. >> Hoping someone here has one and can share a pic, perhaps it is a design >> i >> can duplicate and make with some woodworking tools. >> Thanks, >> Devin D.
