11/45 RL02 faults when RX02 is on

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 21:51 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> >> I know everyone probably thinks I'm nuts, but has anyone heard of  
> >> a reason
> >> not to mount a RX02 directly over an RL02???
> >
> > It does seem odd, but maybe the motor in the RX02 is a bit hashy?
> >
> > I know that my PDP-11/73 (http://pdp11.kicks-ass.net) has the RX02 at
> > the top of the cabinet, then the OEM processor box, then the RL02s
> > below.  I assumed it was for weight...
> 
>    As an aside...that's a damn nice looking system; who made the  
> processor box?  I've used a lot of third-party DECish stuff, and I've  
> never seen one quite like that.

Baydel.  It's a pretty chunky box - lots of very thick steel.  As an
aside, I contacted Baydel recently.  They're still going, but the guy I
emailed had just dumped the last of his PDP-11 stuff a couple of months
before "because you can't hang on to everything..."

Ah well.

Gordon