21 Jul
2000
21 Jul
'00
12:49 p.m.
Is it a rack drawer for a passive backplane that you
want, or do you want a
rackmount PC box to accomodate a normal motherboard?
I've occasionally received advertising literature for
"industrial-strength"
rackmount PC enclosures, but have never seen an offering which would fit the
description "powered passive ISA backplane.
For a powered passive ISA backplane, try Jameco. You can buy the chassis,
the passive motherboard (either 14 ISA, or a 10 ISA and 4 PCI combination),
and the power supply separately. Or you can get the chassis with power
supply (300W) for $400, and the backplane is $70 or $120 for the combo
ISA/PCI.
If you want a rackmount case for a standard AT or ATX motherboard, thats
still rather expensive. Try www.cyberguys.com, they have 3 rackmount
cases. One is for AT only, another ATX only, and a third is the least
expensive and accepts ATX or Xeon and costs $243 (though it didnt
say what size power supply it has, so possibly it doesnt come with one).
The AT with 250Watt is $309, the ATX with 300Watt is $341.
-Lawrence LeMay
These boxes are NOT cheap. BTW.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks(a)olf.com>
I am looking for a rack mount for ISA-based cards. Anyone know where I
can pick one up....
Ram