On 10 Apr 2007 at 4:27, Ensor wrote:
It's just that it's the only machine I have
lying around at the moment,
capable of running *nix, which is relatively complete (anyone got a spare
set of mounting rails for a floppy drive and a CD-ROM drive for an HP
Vectra, I've mislaid mine).
When HP went to the PII Vectra VL systems, they got rid of the need
for mounting rails (just plain old screw-through-a-hole mounting), so
they're pretty hard to find in my experience. While it's not hard to
make up a set if you have access to a sheet metal brake, it'd be nice
to have an extra "factory original" set.
FWIW, the old Vectra VL's are just the ticket for fooling around with
old cards. PCI and ISA slots on a horizontal daughterboard and
they're easy to get at. A nice reminder of how well HP PCs used to
be built.
Cheers,
Chuck