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[OT] Ergonomics - was: Cobalt Qube - anyone seen/used one?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ramon Gandia)
Wed Oct 28 15:56:16 1998
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 11:39:26 -0900
From: Ramon Gandia <rfg@nook.net>
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Thomas Gaume wrote:
>
> Actually I just got off the phone with Shawn Grissim at CorelComputer corp.
> and the netwinder will be available in a 19" rackmount that's 1 U thick
> (1.5" ? ) before the end of the year, actaully each mount is capable of
> housing 2 netwinders.
Translation: it is still vaporware.
Robert added:
> Here, here....I totally agree with the stacking thing. Even the
> little hubs like 3Com 8p100bT should stack. What are manufacturers
> thinking, that as network needs grow you need to provide all kinds of
> shelf space and have wires all over for their (ergo/pretty) products?
> I bet their betting you'll just buy the rack product to replace the
> ergo one. Most people don't care what the product looks like, just
> what is does for their net (ie why do users typically go with a mid
> tower and stuff it under their desks).
Oh yes, Hubs. Well, my idea of a hub, which would not neccesarily
appeal to everyone, but I think would grab a chunk of the market,
is
to have a rack mount hub that has ports front AND back. Think
about
it for a while and you will see that its a good idea. Say 12 in
back
and 4 in front. With a little finesse in design, you could even
have
it so it mounts on the rack either way, then you could have 4 in
back
and 12 in front. :-)
Pet peeve #2. Is the number of products using those blasted "Wall
Warts"
or power supply cubes that cover up two or three outlets. At lest
the EN500 series from Netgear have built in supply, and are cheap.
Pet peeve #3 and this applies to Cobalt too. Why charge $500 more
for
the RACK version vs. the ergo version?
As for Cisco 1601, I had one of those and chucked it for a 2501
because I could not do anything with it. Not only can't you stack
anything on top of it because its rounded, they even put the LED's
on the top so you can't read it unless its on a LOW shelf. Then,
it skids all over the place because its so light. The V35 cable
from the csu/dsu is stiff, and it moves the 1601 wherever it wants
to. Bummer. Basically, the 1601 doesn't LOOK like a router, but
like
something that came from the rear end of a cow. And you can tell
Cisco that Ramon said that!
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Ramon Gandia - Nook Net
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