19" rack

[Dan Higdon]

At 09:42 AM 4/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I can see the 19" form factor as being a solution to this
>problem.  Assuming the modules are oriented horizontally,
>like they are with Ernie, a certain horizontal band or
>bands can be reserved for patch cords and the problem
>goes away.

Yup, that's been my (limited) experience.  The only problem comes
when you want to expand horizontally.  Of course, you could make a
"left handed" version to sit next to the first one, if you only wanted
to expand to 2 columns. :-)

>One concern I have with this arrangement is that one pcb
>per RU and module seems not to make the best use of volume
>behind the panels.

Eh, so what?  If you cram all of your modules together in a small space,
you'll have more trouble playing them.  Unless you have unusually small
fingers. :-)  Ric proposed that about 1.25" spacing for knobs and 1" 
spacing for jacks is about right, and so far I agree with him.


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Dan Higdon (hdan at charybdis.com)
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