[Tfug] Connectors

[Bexley Hall]

--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Jeremy D Rogers <jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu> wrote:

> I'll add to this rant.. (sorry, no *good* experience
> here to offer)
> 
> WTF was up with the dell cases with the USB connectors in
> the front of the case that pointed down at an angle and
> hidden behind a plastic panel that only hinged out a couple
> inches?!

What's more amusing are the Dell models with the same connector
locations BUT NO HINGED PLASTIC PANEL!  (i.e., *no* way to
access them!)

> Seriously, I found it was easier to make a blind connection
> to the back of the case where the connection was at least
> straight than to blindly (unless you got you cheek on the 
> floor) guess if your angle to the case needed to be 30
> degrees or 45 degrees in addition to the axial orientation
> and x-y location all being hidden from view behind the panel. What
> a mess.

<grin>  Well, I'll reserve my comments on "Mechanical Engineers"
:-/