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RE: [ecs] external PC chassis ? Reynolds,Martin Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:09:19 -0700

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 Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:09:19 -0700
There's not much that remotes PCI slots. Things are a bit easier with
some of the cases, but Richard is right. Your best bet is to include at
least one hard drive bay slot, and use USB 2.0 for everything else. 

USB device switches are appearing now (1 device, 2 computers), they can
be useful.

I have found that my USB 2.0 drive bay limits the drive to 128MB -very
odd, not sure if it is Windows or something else.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Yee [mailto:richard@netbloc.com] 
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 6:04 PM
To: ecs@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ecs] external PC chassis ?

Hi Mark,

It would really depend on what kind of cards you needed to
install/remove.  If
you're thinking of just changing hard drives, you can get an external
chassis
for that and connect it through USB2.0/1394 or install a hard drive rack
inside
your computer so that the hard drive can just be pulled out through the
front. 
Most other peripherals nowadays can connect through serial/USB/1394...

Cheers,

Richard Yee
NetBloc Solutions Inc.
1.888.275.1359



Quoting Mark Gilmore <mark@OmnipotenceSoftware.com>:

> I will soon be buying a new PC and would very much like to avoid
> *ever* having to remove to cover to install/remove cards.
> So I was wondering if external PC chassis exist ?
> If so, is a "special" PC required ?
> Do the support HD hookups as well ?
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark Gilmore
> http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com 
> 

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