1 Feb
2004
1 Feb
'04
4:49 p.m.
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I didn't think people still buy AT cases, but this one (without power supply) went for
$46.52 (I have this exact case in a p2-400 system for old games). Just pointing this out
because even some common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it was of good
quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in quality, at least from what I have seen.
1 Feb
1 Feb
12:10 p.m.
I didn't think people still buy AT cases, but this
one (without
power supply) went for $46.52 (I have this exact case in a p2-400
system for old games). Just pointing this out because even some
common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it was of good
quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in quality, at least from
what I have seen.
Somewhat correct, in that era of AT stuff (88 to 96) quality is all
over the map and decent stuff is hard to find till online ordering
got more plentiful around 97.
That case with PSU (has to, was about 100 to 120 new back then).
Warning: there were junk clones of those.
Keep in mind, I've been there in that era and quickly discovered
quality is requirement for generic peecees.
Today, the decent cases with good quality still cost about the same
still. The junkie cases still cost below 80.
Cheers,
Wizard
5:28 p.m.
New subject: OT: PeeCee cases (was Re: Enlight case)
On Sunday 01 February 2004 18:10, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
I'd have to disagree. The case I've got on this machine is from 2000 or
so, and cost a whopping $40. It's about the nicest cases I've ever
worked with... including drive mounting "rails" that don't require the
use of screws, and snap together front/side panels that also don't
require a single screw to be turned. The only things screwed down are
the CPU fan, power supply, motherboard and I/O cards... It's even a
non-name brand case; the only trouble I've had with it is that it's not
really designed for a full-sized ATX mobo and required me to abandon
the bottom of the 3 "external" 5.25" drive bays in order to use this
dual-proc Socket-A ASUS motherboard in it. :)
It doesn't take a lot of money to get a good case - I'd just recommend
you find one you like before you buy it. Of course, I haven't bought a
case without a computer in it since I bought this one, either.
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/
I didn't
think people still buy AT cases, but this one (without
power supply) went for $46.52 (I have this exact case in a p2-400
system for old games). Just pointing this out because even some
common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it was of good
quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in quality, at least
from what I have seen.
Somewhat correct, in that era of AT stuff (88 to 96) quality is all
over the map and decent stuff is hard to find till online ordering
got more plentiful around 97.
That case with PSU (has to, was about 100 to 120 new back then).
Warning: there were junk clones of those.
Keep in mind, I've been there in that era and quickly discovered
quality is requirement for generic peecees.
Today, the decent cases with good quality still cost about the same
still. The junkie cases still cost below 80. 
6 p.m.
New subject: OT: PeeCee cases (was Re: Enlight case)
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Sunday 01 February 2004 18:10, jpero(a)sympatico.ca
wrote:
I'd have to disagree. The case I've got on this machine is from 2000 or
so, and cost a whopping $40. It's about the nicest cases I've ever
worked with... including drive mounting "rails" that don't require the
use of screws, and snap together front/side panels that also don't
require a single screw to be turned. The only things screwed down are
the CPU fan, power supply, motherboard and I/O cards... It's even a
non-name brand case; the only trouble I've had with it is that it's not
really designed for a full-sized ATX mobo and required me to abandon
the bottom of the 3 "external" 5.25" drive bays in order to use this
dual-proc Socket-A ASUS motherboard in it. :)
Please explain to me what "external" 5.25" drive bays are. Seems
like if they are external they are not part of the case.
- don
I
didn't think people still buy AT cases, but this one (without
power supply) went for $46.52 (I have this exact case in a p2-400
system for old games). Just pointing this out because even some
common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it was of good
quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in quality, at least
from what I have seen.
Somewhat correct, in that era of AT stuff (88 to 96) quality is all
over the map and decent stuff is hard to find till online ordering
got more plentiful around 97.
That case with PSU (has to, was about 100 to 120 new back then).
Warning: there were junk clones of those.
Keep in mind, I've been there in that era and quickly discovered
quality is requirement for generic peecees.
Today, the decent cases with good quality still cost about the same
still. The junkie cases still cost below 80.
It doesn't take a lot of money to get a good case - I'd just recommend
you find one you like before you buy it. Of course, I haven't bought a
case without a computer in it since I bought this one, either.
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/
6:11 p.m.
New subject: OT: PeeCee cases (was Re: Enlight case)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: OT: PeeCee cases (was Re: Enlight case)
Please explain to me what "external"
5.25" drive bays are. Seems
like if they are external they are not part of the case.
- don
External meaning you can put a drive that needs to have access to the
outside of the case (cdrom, jazz drive, zip, dat, cdrw, etc).
There used to be 5.25" IDE drives (Bigfoot drives by quantum) that would be
put in the internal drive bays.
7:02 p.m.
New subject: OT: PeeCee cases (was Re: Enlight case)
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: OT: PeeCee cases (was Re: Enlight case)
Gotcha! Though my inclination would be to differentiate
"internal" drives from others. Guess I've been around too long.
- don
Please explain to me what "external"
5.25" drive bays are. Seems
like if they are external they are not part of the case.
- don
External meaning you can put a drive that needs to have access to the
outside of the case (cdrom, jazz drive, zip, dat, cdrw, etc).
There used to be 5.25" IDE drives (Bigfoot drives by quantum) that would be
put in the internal drive bays.
6:17 p.m.
New subject: OT: PeeCee cases (was Re: Enlight case)
On Monday 02 February 2004 00:00, Don Maslin wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Umm, I mean drive bays that open to the outside of the case, ie. for
CD-ROM or floppy drives. "Internal" bays would be ones like hard drive
bays that don't have an opening to the outside of the case. From what
I've seen, it's a fairly standard terminology amoung cases. Of course,
it's not something I follow much.
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/
On Sunday 01 February 2004 18:10,
jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
I'd have to disagree. The case I've got on this machine is from
2000 or so, and cost a whopping $40. It's about the nicest cases
I've ever worked with... including drive mounting "rails" that
don't require the use of screws, and snap together front/side
panels that also don't require a single screw to be turned. The
only things screwed down are the CPU fan, power supply, motherboard
and I/O cards... It's even a non-name brand case; the only trouble
I've had with it is that it's not really designed for a full-sized
ATX mobo and required me to abandon the bottom of the 3 "external"
5.25" drive bays in order to use this dual-proc Socket-A ASUS
motherboard in it. :)
Please explain to me what "external" 5.25" drive bays are. Seems
like if they are external they are not part of the case.
- don I
didn't think people still buy AT cases, but this one (without
power supply) went for $46.52 (I have this exact case in a
p2-400 system for old games). Just pointing this out because
even some common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it
was of good quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in
quality, at least from what I have seen.
Somewhat correct, in that era of AT stuff (88 to 96) quality is
all over the map and decent stuff is hard to find till online
ordering got more plentiful around 97.
That case with PSU (has to, was about 100 to 120 new back then).
Warning: there were junk clones of those.
Keep in mind, I've been there in that era and quickly discovered
quality is requirement for generic peecees.
Today, the decent cases with good quality still cost about the
same still. The junkie cases still cost below 80.
5:52 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jpero(a)sympatico.ca>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Enlight case
I still have 3 enlight cases of that era in use, you can stack a huge
monitor on the desktop version without worrying about it caving in.
I have 2 full tower Inwin Q500 atx cases that cost a little under $80 that
are built like tanks with thick quality metal that fits together perfectly
and a smaller midtower for $50 or so same quality. I don't mind a few screws
to hold the side panels on. The cases under $30 are the crapiest I ever
seen and wouldn't use one.
I didn't
think people still buy AT cases, but this one (without
power supply) went for $46.52 (I have this exact case in a p2-400
system for old games). Just pointing this out because even some
common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it was of good
quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in quality, at least from
what I have seen.
Somewhat correct, in that era of AT stuff (88 to 96) quality is all
over the map and decent stuff is hard to find till online ordering
got more plentiful around 97.
That case with PSU (has to, was about 100 to 120 new back then).
Warning: there were junk clones of those.
Keep in mind, I've been there in that era and quickly discovered
quality is requirement for generic peecees.
Today, the decent cases with good quality still cost about the same
still. The junkie cases still cost below 80.
Cheers,
Wizard
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