Xref: utzoo comp.misc:12050 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8438 Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!civil.ubc.ca!twong From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) Subject: Re: Tower vs. Desktop Message-ID: <1991Apr10.163915.5959@unixg.ubc.ca> Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: civil.ubc.ca Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada References: <1991Apr5.181414.12603@infonode.ingr.com> <1991Apr7.162437.25472@dell.dell.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1991 16:39:15 GMT In article <1991Apr7.162437.25472@dell.dell.com> sauer@chs.dell.com (Charlie Sauer) writes: >In article <1991Apr5.181414.12603@infonode.ingr.com> fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) writes: >>The thing I dislike about towers is that a 1/2 or 3/4 card will >>have gravity pulling against the end that does not screen down. >>Full sized cards don't have this problem. > >Some floor standing machines, e.g. Dell 425TE and 433TE, have the cards mounted >vertically. In the 4XXTE's, this was done to allow easy access to the card >connectors, which end up under a sliding cover on the top of the unit. But >this also avoids the cited gravity effect. How are the vertical cards positioned in a tower? I'm trying to imagine this. So does the cards hanging down from the top and have all the slot openings on top of the tower? Or are all the slots internal mounted vertically on the motherboard side by side, meaning all the connectors and cables will have to go right into the tower? Thomas.