1 May
2006
1 May
'06
10:31 a.m.
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. But I have no data whatsoever to
back this up.
It was just one or two instructors and probably pure bull shit.
Billy
1 May
1 May
10:34 a.m.
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.
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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
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