MicrocomputerSolutions
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If I could make an agreement with a enclosure company to make a limited run of S-100 System Enclosures with power supplies, what features would you consider to be the most important to you, and how much would you be willing to pay?
Number of motherboard slots?
How tall should the enclosure be? I believe that the IEEE-696 Spec allows for extra tall boards, should the Enclosure be built so extra tall boards can stay inside when the cover is installed?
Cooling, how many cooling fans should be installed, and where should they be pointed?
How about auxilary ac sockets on the rear? Switched or unswitched? How many?
What color? Undoubtedly we woul be limited to having all the enclosures purchased painted the same color or colors.
Should the System Enclosure house 5.25" minifloppy drive/s and/or 8" floppy drives, and/or internal 5.25" or 3.5" hard drive bays also? If so, how many?
If you want the drives to be housed in a separate Enclosure, what drive bays would you need, and how many?
How much would you be willing to pay? While the number of units purchased may affect the per unit price, what's your ceiling with the features you can't live without? In a Group Buyer Situation, you would be required to put some of the money or all of the money down upfront to secure the number of units that you want.
Do you have a time frame for a future purchase?
Number of motherboard slots?
How tall should the enclosure be? I believe that the IEEE-696 Spec allows for extra tall boards, should the Enclosure be built so extra tall boards can stay inside when the cover is installed?
Cooling, how many cooling fans should be installed, and where should they be pointed?
How about auxilary ac sockets on the rear? Switched or unswitched? How many?
What color? Undoubtedly we woul be limited to having all the enclosures purchased painted the same color or colors.
Should the System Enclosure house 5.25" minifloppy drive/s and/or 8" floppy drives, and/or internal 5.25" or 3.5" hard drive bays also? If so, how many?
If you want the drives to be housed in a separate Enclosure, what drive bays would you need, and how many?
How much would you be willing to pay? While the number of units purchased may affect the per unit price, what's your ceiling with the features you can't live without? In a Group Buyer Situation, you would be required to put some of the money or all of the money down upfront to secure the number of units that you want.
Do you have a time frame for a future purchase?
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