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Need some help identifying these two cases period

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First post, by rick6

Posted on 2016-05-08, 09:08

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I'm intrigued about these two cases date of manufacture:

Case number 1;

Case number 2:

(The standard black case on the right is just for reference)

These were retired a few years ago (nearly 10) from a little server room, and they contained hardware from around 2000 and 2001, but the cases seem older than that.
My best guess would be 1995 since one of the floppy drives inside says it's from 1995.

Any ideia?

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Reply 1 of 6, by rick6

Posted on 2016-05-09, 12:36

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So..no ideia at all? 😜

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Reply 2 of 6, by brostenen

Posted on 2016-05-09, 13:37

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Case number one is an Industrial machine.
I have only seen them with socket 478 boards.

Case number two is most likely mid-90's to circa 99, if I should make a bet.

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Reply 3 of 6, by mrferg

Posted on 2016-05-09, 15:07

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Second case seems to be an Inwin Q2000, circa 2000.

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Reply 4 of 6, by kixs

Posted on 2016-05-09, 15:21

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Case #1 is rack mountable. We used to have it (or one like it) at my first job ~2000 and it wasn't new back then.

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Reply 5 of 6, by Sutekh94

Posted on 2016-05-09, 15:33

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mrferg wrote:
Second case seems to be an Inwin Q2000, circa 2000.

I thought that one was an In Win case, but I couldn't remember the model off the top of my head...

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Reply 6 of 6, by rick6

Posted on 2016-05-09, 16:24

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They are built like tanks to be honest and weight a ton. I bet they were pretty pricey back then right?

Edit: Already checked for the INWIN Q2000 case, seems that was something like 200€\$ when it was new. Glad to save these from the e-waste fate!

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