Glen Gray stated the following on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 10:49:47AM +0000 :
> On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 00:30, John McDonnell wrote:
> > nahh... what you want is:
> > http://www.gctglobal.com/Products/Set_Top_Box/set_top_box_0.html> >
> I've seen this one before. No where to put a DVD drive or LCD w/
> buttons.
>> > seriously though... if you can find a half size 1U or 2U rack mount case
> > it should fit nicely.. about the same size as a stereo component. Either
> > that or a junked component itself like an old tuner... just get
> > creative...
> >
> Any 1/2U cases I've seen are 19" wide. Most stereo equipment is approx
> 43cm (about 17") wide. This means it won't fit in my nice rack.
19" rackmount stuff is 17" without the ears. So once you remove the rack
mounting bits you should be fine.
My big grip about building such a system is the fact that you would have
to put fans in it.
Fans are noisy
Colin
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