SGI parts and RS/6000 disk mounting (still)

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Wednesday 06 April 2005 20:55, Saquinn624 at aol.com wrote:
> (2) I'm still trying to figure out mounting the HDD in my 3CT. I
> looked at the IBM manuals, and they all seemed to reference the SCSI
> extender card (as used on my 370), but that won't fit in the 3CT.
> It's one of the ones with the two externally accessible 5.25" bays
> and the floppy mounted on top. It looks like some sort of drive
> rails, but I don't see the screw hole for securing the drive. I've
> got the drive loose in the cage, and it might have to stay that way,
> but it would be nice to know how it was really mounted.

It should use the same sort of card, but without the SCSI PCB that's in 
the 370's one.  It should fit if you remove the SCSI "extender" PBC on 
it.  (The 3CT should use wide SCSI, like the 39x does.)

Pat
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