Therein lies the rub. I'm not an admin of any type, by any stretch of the imagination . . .

. . . unless SneakerNet counts? :lol:

Would giving each MicroQuadra its own dedicated SCA drive help at all?

I'll look into the Quadra 630/Performa 6xx angle, that'd be really easy. I wouldn't even bother trying to make a backplane, just remove all the plastics and bolt 'em up with standoffs . . .

. . . ooooh!!!!! :O

< scampers off to play with hardware >



I can mount 'em vertically in bricks of four on the TelCo rack. Two bricks will fit under the 32" HDTV with room left over for a KM drawer.

Unfortunately the Two SIMM Slotted 640 DOS variant is in demand, those would rock, but I only have the one Q630 MoBo ATM. :-/

CS1 NICs will be difficult to source as well I think.

I've already got The OmniView Mac converter and MiniView four port PS/2 KVM, the cables for which can easily be converted to ADB. Would a "KVM'd" serial port connection be of any use?

-- Chassis would be a galvanized sheet metal enclosure behind the uprights for added cubic

-- largest cooling fan available to boost airflow on back of chassis

-- weatherstrip guide the exhaust fans, directing airflow toward auxiliary fan on backplane

-- MiniView four port PS/2 KVM with converted input connectors

-- Power Strip

Advantages:

-- retains Class A RFI shielding

-- retains UL approved packaging

-- available FDDs for boot

-- IDE a/o CD bay SCA converter options

I've got the MiniView A/B switch to gang two bricks of four Nodes each already hooked up to the Mac Converter . . .



. . . with four more 4 Port Miniview KVMs I can handle 4 Bricks/Sixteen nodes . . .

. . . and a Foundry Networks 24 port thingamajig If I decide to fill the Rack . . .

. . . to run it as a space heater for the winter months. :lol: