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

From: "james holloway" <jimh54@...
Date: 1999-11-23

>From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
>Reply-To: motm@onelist.com
>To: "MOTM listserv" <motm@onelist.com>
>Subject: [motm] 1U tall ∗Modules∗??!?
>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:41:59 -0600
>
>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

PLEASE!!! NO WALL WART!!! I'm buried in them now.

>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 can live with a 19" rack mount.

>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.
>
>
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