From an email chain among a group of technical editors, the following questions recently arose: Why does the idea of mounting electronics in a 19-inch rack persist? Further, why was 19 inches chosen ...

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The other day, former Test & Measurement World colleague Dan Romanchik asked me and several former EDN editors about the EIA standard 19-in. equipment rack. Now these racks have been around for many ...

Stacking up electronics equipment in precise form factors that slide into standard racks is not a new idea, and in fact it is one that predates the modern era of computing. As is the case with any ...