Re: Mini-ITX PC's a the future of HA (was Re: X-10 Mister House Motion sensor problems)

[Marc F Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:10:37 -0400, Marc F Hult
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>The single most standardized compact case configuration in IT,
>instrumentation and automation (1U rack)  can handle micro-ATX, mini-ITX
>andnano-ITX. Unless there is new PCI slot extender I don't know about, all
>allow only one PCI card (I'd like to see variant #7 appear -one top, one
>side) . So much for the need and advantage of the mini-ITX in standard
>racks.

>So ironically, if you want 2 PCI cards in a 1U rack
>case, you have to use the larger micro-ATX with 2 horizontal extenders, not
>mini-ITX MB.

This got a bit garbled.

Sorry, Typing too fast  ... Marc
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