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- From: bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.bbs.tbbs
- Subject: Re: RACK MOUNT for USR SPORTSTERS
- Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 13:25:18 GMT
- Organization: Associated Technical Consultants
- Message-ID: <31120f60.52890298@news.insync.net>
- References: <4erdd4$okb@ddi2.digital.net>
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- On 1 Feb 1996 22:04:20 GMT, root@digital.net (J.D.R.) wrote:
-
- >We are pleased to announce the AVAILABILTY of a NEW solution for rack mounting
- >the USR SPORTSTER Modem. FLORIDA ONLINE (Digital Decisions, inc.) was the first
- >to offer a rackmount solution to the public in the form of a homemade kit and
- >subsquently fully assembled units. Well now DIGITAL DECISIONS has taken this
- >solution to the MAX ! We are now offering forsale a complete Professionally
- >designed and manifactured solution. Please look at this NEW product at:
-
- [SNIP!!!]
-
- This reminds me of a local ISP who used a SkillSaw to cut slots every
- two inches along a 6ft piece of 1x6 pine then removed the circuit
- boards from 24 Sportsters and inserted them edgewise along the
- plank. A few muffin fans were added later. What a KLUDGE.
-
- But what concernes me more is that -ANYONE- would ever consider
- using low-end consumer grade modems in a commercial central site
- host system.
-
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