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Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Jun 2000 02:35:14 -0400
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> Mark Rode wrote:
>
> > I was at an electronic supply store yesterday and saw something interesting
> > in their <bargain bin> for 25 bucks.
> > Computer midtower cases that appeared like a very well made.....heavy
> > steel....mid tower AT case with a floppy drive.  I was told that they were
> > Compaq propriety computers with proprietary cases that were ready to go or
> > build up with Compaq parts only. I was told they don't take standard parts.
> > They knew nothing else about them.
> >
> > Closer inspection ..peaking through the cracks ....reveled what appeared to
> > be a circuit board on the narrow bottom of the case with two very long
> > empty slots that I didn't recognize. Anybody have an idea what these
> > are.....I was thinking disk less workstations but they seem big for that
> > and the case is really substantial and heavy duty...like something you
> > would see in a server. Any ideas ??

Write down the model number (and any other information you can find, like
FCCID Number, on the label on the back), then search for it at:

http://www.compaq.com/search.html

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/

Boyd Ramsay

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