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From: N_Cook on 12 May 2010 08:13
D Yuniskis <not.going.to.be(a)seen.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Like most folks, I've accumulated a fair number of
> "I/O cards" over the years. Many I need to hold onto
> to give me certain capabilities (e.g., EIA485, certain
> digital I/O's, etc.) to maintain old designs. Others
> are worthwhile from time to time as I reorganize my
> machine herd and opt to support different peripheral sets.
>
> [I'm currently only speaking of COTS cards -- ISA, PCI,
> various memory packages, etc. -- not custom stuff]
>
> Storing these has proven to be not trivial. I've tried
> different approaches over the years -- antistatic bags,
> small boxes (e.g., "Wide SCSI HBA's", "TR NIC's", etc.),
> big boxes (e.g., "Network cards", "Memory", etc.). None
> really seem to work well. :<
>
> The REAL solution is probably just to sh*tcan the lot
> and <shrug> when I come across a future need! :>
>
> Has anyone come up with a slick way of storing cards
> that doesn't beat up on the cards, makes it relatively easy
> to locate the card you want *and* doesn't dramatically
> increase the volume required to store them (i.e., putting
> each in "retail packaging")? Right now, I think the
> most viable option (for me) is back to antistatic bags
> (to help the cards slide over each other without "catching"
> on protruding components) in *large* boxes :-(
>
> Thx,
> --don


I'm aware of a repair shop where they had strung steel wire near the ceiling
of the store, tensioned with turn-buckles (otherwise unused space). Then a
plastic curtain hook hot-melt glued to corner of each board, on a weekly
basis, then strung up. Timewise order to the boards , so could be
cross-referenced to repair job log so no logging of the boards as such


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