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[Dave McGuire]

On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Kurt A. Huhn wrote:
>A freind was helping me pack in preperation for a move yesterday.  I
>handed him a Sparcstation 1 and he nearly fell over - the size to weight
>ration of those things is very deceiving, especially when you have two
>old heavy drives in them.

  Warning: flamage ahead.

  I think the world has become far too accustomed to cheap-ass PeeCee
chassis.

  Now, I'm not a hugely fat guy, but I'm certainly not slim...I weigh in at
about 210.  Several months ago I sat on a brand new PeeCee chassis...and
crushed it to the floor.  Good thing there was no motherboard in it.  That
three seconds of relaxation followed by ten seconds of sheer horror cost me
$48.00.

  I still have a power-supply-shaped dent in my butt.

  The worst part is...that was chassis #2.  Chassis #1 was mistakenly thrown
into a dumpster because it was still in its cardboard box.  The fellow who
threw it out picked up the box, decided that it was empty due to its [lack of]
weight, and chucked it.

  Now folks, the whole point of a chassis for a computer is to have something
with some structure to hold the machine together and protect its juicy, fragile
innards.  PeeCee manufacturers, are you listening?  "Cheaper" doesn't mean
"better".


                               -Dave McGuire