[Gllug] Slightly Off Topic

[Jim Cheetham]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 09:59:42AM -0000, Jackson, Harry wrote:
> Is anyone aware what is happening to the "U" measurement. Is it here to stay
> or is the standard  people moving towards metric. The current U measurement
> is 1.75" which I suppose stems from our imperial days. This converts to
> 44.45mm which is a bit of a sh1t to use.

Uninformed kneejerk reaction :- The 'U' measurement isn't changing, it's the
spacing between the bolt-holes that's either imperial or metric ...

Remembering a DEC rack, ordered with a bunch of alphas ... the alphas were
metric-spaced, the cabinet was imperial ... but they were all 19" wide :-)

-jim

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