[SunRescue] Offerings

[Barry Fujii]

Wow, I didnt realize that the cheap PC cases were so flimsy. I have built
about 5 pentium2 boxes using supermicro's 750 series case. This is one
sturdy guy, its a full tower with six exposed bays + some # of internal
mountings.

I recommend these case because the metal edges have been folded over, they
are spacioius and have plenty of room for hot fans.

on a more sun related note, has anyone built a ultrasparc using teh AXI
motherboards? they are OEM style parts, but they have built in ethernet,
scsi, and video. the best part is that they are ATX sized boards so chassis
are easy to come by.

Barry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at ohno.mrbill.net
> [mailto:rescue-admin at ohno.mrbill.net]On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 2:35 PM
> To: Kurt A. Huhn; rescue
> Cc: mlapolt
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Offerings
>
>
> 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
>
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