Rack mount for ISA bus

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Fri Jul 21 19:49:02 2000

> Is it a rack drawer for a passive backplane that you want, or do you want a
> rackmount PC box to accomodate a normal motherboard?
>
> I've occasionally received advertising literature for "industrial-strength"
> rackmount PC enclosures, but have never seen an offering which would fit the
> description "powered passive ISA backplane.

For a powered passive ISA backplane, try Jameco. You can buy the chassis,
the passive motherboard (either 14 ISA, or a 10 ISA and 4 PCI combination),
and the power supply separately. Or you can get the chassis with power
supply (300W) for $400, and the backplane is $70 or $120 for the combo
ISA/PCI.

If you want a rackmount case for a standard AT or ATX motherboard, thats
still rather expensive. Try www.cyberguys.com, they have 3 rackmount
cases. One is for AT only, another ATX only, and a third is the least
expensive and accepts ATX or Xeon and costs $243 (though it didnt
say what size power supply it has, so possibly it doesnt come with one).
The AT with 250Watt is $309, the ATX with 300Watt is $341.

-Lawrence LeMay

>
> These boxes are NOT cheap. BTW.
>
> Dick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks_at_olf.com>
> >
> > I am looking for a rack mount for ISA-based cards. Anyone know where I
> > can pick one up....
> >
> > Ram
> >
>
Received on Fri Jul 21 2000 - 19:49:02 BST