Re: Rack mount hardware standards
From: Bob Kaplow (kaplow_r_at_encompasserve.org.TRABoD)
Date: 12/20/04
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 12:38:54 -0600
In article <VE$YLcH1cMrG@eisner.encompasserve.org>, Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes:
> Is there a significant trend in rack mount hole standards for the
> type of computer gear generally used with VMS ?
>
> I notice BA356 rack mount kits are available in two styles.
>
> If I were forced to guess, I would say that RETMA was on the way out
> in the US and Metric was on the way in, but that is entirely conjecture.
>
> If that is true, what is the newest VMS-relevant gear that is only
> RETMA-mountable ? And what is the oldest VMS-relevant gear that
> is only Metric-mountable ?
IMHO, while metric may have made sense, for DEC it was a flash in the pan
that never took off. The only metric rack I can recall is the SW800 series
of cabinets. And it never caught on with other vendors. Since the Compaq and
now HP mergers, I don't recall seeing any new metric racks, everything has
been RETMA. Likewise for the stuff that mounts in the racks.
It all goes back to Jimmy Carter. The USA had been slowly heading from
English to Metric. But with Jimmy being an environmentalist, he decided we
needed to clean up the country. He had signs placed all across the country
to accomplish this goal. Alas, as a result of a typo, they said "Do Not
Liter".
:-)
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