There seems to be a lot of interest in an eSATA port, there currently is no way to do this, the back panel is completely full of connectors, it simply will not fit.
The choices are: 1) keep the same enclosure size and get rid of one or more existing connectors to have room for the eSATA connector. 2) choose a bigger box so there is room for the connector #1: Every connector on the back of this box has already been vociferously fought for by it's proponents. No way am I going to arbitrarily delete something. Those of you that want an eSATA connector on the back, start horse trading. If everybody here can come to an agreement as to which existing jacks get axed I'll do so. But do it quickly, the design of the board is well under way. #2: The chosen Hammond enclosure is already the widest one they have in the series. It was chosen because it is widely available and inexpensive. It meets the needs of full shielding, easy to assemble (just slide in the board and screw in the front and back plate), easy to customize a backplate for the connectors (just a flat plate), looks fairly decent and comes in both natural aluminum color and black. Anything else I can find that is wider costs way more, or is custom and needs large numbers, or is much harder to assemble etc. Also note that as the board grows in size it also gets more expensive. If anyone can come up with an alternative enclosure that has similar characteristics and is enough wider to support an eSATA jack, post it here and I'll see if it will work. John S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
