On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Chris Pierce wrote:

> For this I might consider using a small desktop motherboard and building it
> myself. It would allow for expansion and keep the costs down.

That's probably fine if you have the space, and the fabrication skills to
make brackets and such.  Remember that the motherboard may be flat, but it
won't be anymore once you've put in any interface cards you need.

I'd definately use a laptop hard disk, though.  They're built to take a
certain amount of vibration and banging around, and have good head lock
mechanisms.  You can get adapters to couple them to regular IDE
cables.
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