8 Aug
2011
8 Aug
'11
4:54 p.m.
On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Chuck Guzis wrote:
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.
In addition to the poor mounting, they did not even include the
addressability that Apple had had.
OK, one slot on the 5160 had a difference, but they didn't seem to make
much effort to document that.
From that I can only conclude that the PC was intended
as a home
entertainment system.
Which merely shows an incompetence when it comes to home entertainment.