8 Aug
2011
8 Aug
'11
3:43 p.m.
On 8 Aug 2011 at 15:14, Fred Cisin wrote:
And having only 5 expansion slots was to demonstrate
that they were
big enough that they didn't have to learn from anybody else's
mistakes.
One thing that really stuck out to me as a design flaw that we are
still living with was the physical design of the expansion slots.
Far too Apple-like (i.e. cheap). Contrast it with most
"professional" buses, such as Multibus, Eurocard, etc) that "cage"
cards and are able to secure cards and ensure a good flow of cooling
air between the cards.
The single-screw bracket with no other retention allows for cards to
pop out of their slots and receive very little in the way of coolig
is just plain wrong, even if it is cheap.
I've seen industrial rackmount PC chassis with hold-down brackets and
rubber "bumpers" to hold cards in place, but it's a mess because of
there being no standard profile for a PC expansion card.
From that I can only conclude that the PC was intended
as a home
entertainment system.
--Chuck