2 May
2006
2 May
'06
2:40 a.m.
From: "der Mouse" <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: 19" Rack History
> When I was in the Army (Signal Corps), they told
us the 19" standard
> was from Germany, during WWI. It was actually .5 meters and used on
> all their early military electronics.
This seems unlikely to me. 19" differs from .5
metres by nearly 1? cm
(19*2.54=48.26), and that's a lot for rackmount equipment widths.
Not to speak of the German obsession* with precisement (* is not meant in a
negative way)
Nico