Suggestions for rackmount floppy mounting

--- Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote: Well, if you want the cheap-and-dirty way to do it (my favorite way!) you could use a piece of 1/4" plywood as a faceplate, cut square holes in it the size of a full height 5 1/4" drive, and scavenge some drive frames from junked PC mid-tower cabinets. Screw the drive frames to the back of the plywood, and paint the plywood to match the cabinet. The weight of the floppy drives shouldn't be enough so that it needs any more support than a few rack screws drilled through the edges of the plywood. Or, if you want a more professional look, hunt around for some old CD-library rackmount things, you know, the ones with many SCSI CD-ROM players in a rackmount box with power supply? Pull out the CD drives, and put in floppy drives. Remember - when making things to mount drives in - junked PC cases are your friend. You can drill out those rivets and have nice, pre-made drive frames. And don't overlook that metal pipe-hanger strapping - the metal strips with holes in them. Erector set pieces work too. Good luck. -Ian