18 Dec
2002
18 Dec
'02
8:47 a.m.
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:
On a machine that doesn't sustain much floppy
activity,
(or uses external drives), if you face the disk drives towards the back,
then the ports on your PC are out front where God intended.
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
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18 Dec
18 Dec
9:02 a.m.
I've always though that cables are a complete pain in the ass, and
everything should be on a 10 terabit hyper encrypted range-as-needed
wireless network. Mice, keyboards, monitor, printers, disk drives,
floppies, paper tape punch/readers, and POWER. And if the power can't be
wireless, at least 1 megawatt nuclear batteries in a 'D' cell form factor
that will last 1000 years.
Cables SUCK.
--John
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Behalf Of Feldman, Robert
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 09:50
To: 'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: 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:
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On a machine that doesn't sustain much floppy
activity,
(or uses external drives), if you face the disk drives
towards the back,
then the ports on your PC are out front where God
intended.
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
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9:11 a.m.
I've always though that cables are a complete
pain in the ass, and
everything should be on a 10 terabit hyper encrypted range-as-needed
wireless network. Mice, keyboards, monitor, printers, disk drives,
floppies, paper tape punch/readers, and POWER. And if the power can't be
wireless, at least 1 megawatt nuclear batteries in a 'D' cell form factor
that will last 1000 years.
Cables SUCK.
Yes, but the wireless mouse is one of the dumber ideas man has ever come
up with. If you have ever had one, you probably now have lost it.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
10:31 a.m.
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, William Donzelli wrote:
Yes, but the wireless mouse is one of the dumber ideas
man has ever come
up with. If you have ever had one, you probably now have lost it.
How can one lose one's mouse?
Mine never leaves the mousepad (yes, it's wireless). Perhaps you have
underpants gnomes living in your house who have taken a fancy to wireless
mice.
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12:28 p.m.
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, William Donzelli wrote:
> Yes, but the wireless mouse is one of the dumber ideas man has ever come
Dumb Device Department
I submit for your consideration, the "Gyro Mouse"... having gyros on
the two axes - the object being you hold it in mid-air and wave it around
to move the cursor, etc. (It was wired, BTW)
I saw one years ago, had to have it, and soon found out it's obvious
design flaw... you try keeping your arm and hand and mouse off the desk
for hours at a time....
I think Hans has the damn thing now... it'll be good payback for
overrunning Belgium and the Netherlands a while back.
Merry Newtonsmas
John
PS: People who use mice have clean desks, and Y'll know what *that* is a
sign of. Gimme a nice trackball, any day....
PPS: Anyone ever use one of those early 'heads-up' displays that had a
headband and projected a virtual image that appeared to be hanging in
space in front of you? The one I tried had vibrating scanning mirrors that
buzzed via bone-conduction... made me nauseous... no sale!
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