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Building the StorageTek Silos 12/4/96 - 12/5/96

  • What are these?

    Day 1

  • Boxes everywhere!
  • Floor Sections...1 assembled
  • Inside walls and tape slots
  • Top of one silo
  • Some of the tape drives (back)
  • Some of the tape drives (front inside)
  • Floor Sections...1 assembled
  • One of the robotic arms in place
  • One of the robotic arms in place with a wall panel
  • More walls, and the LCU
  • A bit more
  • And a bit more
  • One outside complete!
  • The top is about done
  • Looking things over
  • The other robotic arm in place
  • Lots of help with the arm
  • In goes a motor
  • An inside look
  • Another inside view
  • Both ouside shells complete
  • Both ouside shells complete (2nd view)
  • Lots of tape slots

    Day 2

  • Some cableing
  • Tape drives being attached
  • Hanging the inner upper wall sections
  • Between the inner and outer walls
  • 2 of 4 tape grabbers (Remember the movie "Short Circuit"?)
  • Inner upper walls complete

    Day 3

  • Both silos have their doors
  • 21 slot CAP door
  • 81 slot CAP door and PCAP door
  • Attaching to the ESCON channel on our 9672
  • The last of the tape drives, an M32
  • M32 preparation
  • M32 install 1
  • M32 install 2
  • M32 install 3
  • Grabber assembly hanging out with the SE
  • The grabbers
  • Robot looking for something to do
  • Robot with his headlights on
  • Matt and Shashi take a look around
  • The SILO command center
  • What?

  • What one of the SILOs is replacing. Metrum 600 tape robot

  • What are these?

    Last updated 09 December 1996.

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