Computers with ports coming out the front?

I've always thought that the proper place for ports on a _desk-top_ system is on the side: easy to get to the ports and you don't have the cable connectors sticking out the back, where they add to the depth, which can be a problem on a narrow countertop. When I built my first IBM-PC clone (in a nice cherry-stained wooden case), I turned the motherboard 90 degrees CW so the ports were on the right. I also made brackets from cookie-sheet aluminum to mount the disk drives and power supply over the (now) front of the motherboard, resulting in a nice, shallow case. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:45 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Computers with ports coming out the front? On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: Indeed, a friend of mine who owns a business that makes rackmount systems made a special model for a customer where they pretty much did this. They put the mounting flange on the back of the box, making it the front, and added cut-outs for the disk drives. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *