Re: ES40 wheels?

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 04/10/05 

Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 01:46:07 +0200

In comp.unix.tru64 lothar esser <lesser@helix.nih.gov>:
> Hi,

> we own a Alpha Station ES40 Model 1 that has been sitting happily on
> the floor for some time. However we have to move it and I realized that
> it would be great if it had wheels. Are there any caster / wheel kits
> for this server ? I briefly looked at the HP (compaq) web site but could
> not find it. Apparently for some other servers there are caster kits but
> not for this model as far as I can see. Is there any other hardware
> solution ?

A reasonable thick (>20 mm) mdf plate with some solid coils
underneath should do fine. A local carpenter should do fine if
you don't want to get your hands dirty.

> It is conceivable that this is a fairly general problem for
> system managers so I wonder if there is a 3rd party company
> that might offer customizable wheels sets. I'm grateful for
> any suggestions.

Don't think so, isn't it likely someone able to afford an ES 40,
would have mounted it in a nice rack? 

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