[SunRescue] Offerings

Jonathan Eisch jeisch at boku.net
Fri Aug 13 17:13:10 CDT 1999


I've got my 20" monitor sitting on top of my SparcStation 5 (pizza box, for those
of you who haven't seen one.  anyone?).  This is just fine.  I put a relativly
light 17" monitor on top of a new dell desktop.  This put a few nice cracks in the
top, and knocked the fan of the p-II.

-Jonathan

Dave McGuire wrote:

> 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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