From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 21 18:20:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 50A1714EF9 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:20:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from summoner@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 22117 invoked by alias); 22 Jul 1999 01:20:29 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 22083 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jul 1999 01:20:29 -0000 Received: from edsl209.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.175.209) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 22 Jul 1999 01:20:29 -0000 Message-ID: <379671DF.9DF193CD@uswest.net> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:20:31 -0700 From: Summoner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ML Duke Cc: Paul Anderson , David Wolfskill , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ML Duke wrote: > > Bit of case talk on this thread, thought I'd add my 2 cents. > > Currently in the process of acquiring a custom configured system, > it arrived and I went to pick it up only to discover they had > slipped a Seagate SCSI HD in instead of the agreed upon IBM, but > got to see that case close up in the process of checking out > components. > > As recommended by my AIX SE in Texas, it's an Enlight. > Very, very slick. Components go into "boxes" which attach via > quick release mechanisms. To work on the motherboard, one simply > unplugs the attached devices, pulls down on a spring release handle > and viola! The mother tips out for easy accessability. > It's a Minitower because it's going in our motor coach, but > things are _much_ easier to get to as compared to the full > tower in my office. > $30 bucks more than a "standard" box that this particular shop > sells to keep prices down. What do you mean by unplug the attached devices? Do you mean just the various cables, or do you have to remove the expansion cards as well? I had an Enlight desktop case here in the shop, it is a nice case design, with the hood-fastening screws on the front of the case behind the snap-off bezel, but they don't round off the metal edges as well as they could. They aren't nearly as bad as some cheap cases which will slice your hands to ribbons, but I've gotten several small cuts from picking up the case when the hood is off or handling drive cages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message