WWII Ammo Box Computer

[PostCode]

http://www.bit-tech.net/article/154/

 

[Lopan]

Looks suspiciously like a Dell

I was going to get a small form pc, but until they can increase the number of Pci and Agp slots then nope.

 

[tommyj27]

Looks suspiciously like a Dell

I was going to get a small form pc, but until they can increase the number of Pci and Agp slots then nope.

i wouldn't count on that happening anytime soon, small == convenient == not expandable. the number of pci slots on laptops haven't increased much in the past decade. oh, and BTW, i've never heard of a dual agp system, IIRC pci bus limitations restrict you to one agp slot regardless of the form factor. pci-e OTOH makes dual video slots a reality.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

It's not a dell it's a Shuttle Xpc. I just bought that exact case this week for a family member and i must say it's by far the neatest most organized case i have ever worked on. The only drawback i could see is the one pci slot but really it's perfect. It's not meant to be a server. You can fit a couple of sata drives inside and the cooling is first rate. Actually i've still got this thing sitting on my desk and i'm not sure i want to get rid of it.

Edit: oh yeah...love the Ammo box.

 

[samcurry]

sweet, wish i had the time to do stuff like that.

 

[chcr]

Looks suspiciously like a Dell

I was going to get a small form pc, but until they can increase the number of Pci and Agp slots then nope.

Can you say USB?

Seriously, I think the same thing. I need a full ATX board.

 

[Lopan]

i wouldn't count on that happening anytime soon, small == convenient == not expandable. the number of pci slots on laptops haven't increased much in the past decade. oh, and BTW, i've never heard of a dual agp system, IIRC pci bus limitations restrict you to one agp slot regardless of the form factor. pci-e OTOH makes dual video slots a reality.

Sorry I meant USB, It was late I was tired. I said Dell becasue its chunky and box like, hence Dell.

 

[chcr]

Sorry I meant USB, It was late I was tired. I said Dell becasue its chunky and box like, hence Dell.

You can hook (in theory) up to 127 devices to a single usb port through hubs. I personally have had as many as six at one time (with two four port hubs).

 

[PostCode]

The USB post on my laptop is flaking out (needs to torn down and resoldered) so I got a two port USB 2 PCMCIA card. Got another hub chained off that in which I've got a wireless mouse, USB network dongle thingie, external hard drive, and a flash drive attached. The other port on the PCMCIA I use to attach drives via the USB to IDE thingie to copy data from customers drives.

I've heard some say that the power it draws can make a system reboot, especially laptops, but I've yet to experience any problems myself.