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Subject: RE: 1U tall *Modules*??!?

From: "Tentochi" <tentochi@...
Date: 1999-11-23

More features is always better!
Let it be 4U!!!!
--Shemp

BTW...I am back from an extended stay in Japan. I have my soldering iron
warming up as we speak.

> Time for an opinion poll:
>
> Let's say that a super-ultra-mega-cool module was in in design
> that could be
> either 3U wide x 5U tall, or 1U tall by 19" wide.
>
> In the 19" wide version, the advantages would be:
>
> a) optional "wall-wart" supply for non-MOTM customers
> b) more features than the 3U wide
> c) easier to build, due to mechanical reasons
> d) cost would be probably $30 more. Say $219 kit versus $249 kit
> in 1U tall.
>
> I really don't want 2 versions, and right now ∗really∗ tempted to
> do it as a
> 1U to get
> possible more sales.
>
> It's more of an effects thing (ie like a '410 is an "effect")
>
> Well?
>
> Paul S.
>
> >