On Monday 02 February 2004 00:00, Don Maslin wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > On Sunday 01 February 2004 18:10, jpero_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
> > > > 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.
> >
> > 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
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
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Received on Sun Feb 01 2004 - 23:17:48 GMT