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Default WTB: API-type Lunchbox...Or Can I make my own?

(chetatkinsdiet) wrote in message m...
I'd really like to get a little lunchbox to start filling up with API
or OSA modules. My only drawback is that the bare boxes are usually
around $500. I think I've seen one, maybe from Fletcher for $450.
Anyway, there really doesn't seem to be much to them. A hammond, or
similar box...card slots in the back...a simple patch panel on back
and a power supply. Seems like less than $100 in parts. I'm just
talking a small one, 4-6 slots. Anyone ever made their own? Or does
anyone have a nice little used one they'd like to sell for cheap?
Later,
m


I'd check out Brent Averill, they have lunch box type racks that are
much less expensive than the API version, but being Averill I imagine
they are of high quality.

I've never understood the API lunchbox thing...granted it's cheaper to
fill up but I would never want 4 - 6 API modules in a package that was
that easy to steal...I guess you could chain it to the floor or
something but the thought of $5000 - $6000 worth of API not bolted
into a rack would make me nervous.

Analogeezer