LCD Displays That Fit In A 5.25" Drive Bay?

An anonymous reader asks: "Several years ago, I saw several manufacturers that sold LCD displays that slid out of the 5-1/4" bay, flipped down, and allowed you to have a minimal monitor that stored in the case. Since it slid out and flipped down, that meant it easily fit into 1U and 2U rack mounted hardware. Now that I'm about to get charged beacoup bucks for having a monitor at the CoLo where I have my servers, I'm looking for something like this again. (SSH doesn't help with hardware and BIOS settings.)" Read on for some details on what he's looking for -- you may be after the same thing (or better yet, have such screens to sell).

"Yes, I have tried Google, but no one seems to be making these anymore. There's scads of links to projects where people mount their own LCD display vertically in 3 unused bays in a normal PC case, but I need something that will hide in a normal bay (just like a CD-ROM drive), and there obviously aren't 3 unused bays vertically arranged in a 2U rackmount case.

Anyone know of a manufacturer? Got an old model that works that you want to sell? I might even throw one in my car since then I could hide the display when I'm not using it, and it'd give me a minimal monitor for that SBC-based portable server I've been meaning to build, and it might be good enough to play some games on in a mini-portable system, etc., not to mention the sheer cool-factor."

Comments

Dell has LCD/keyboard in 1U for $1400

[DanEsparza]

Dell has a 1U monitor/keyboard solution (that folds out) for $1400: http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/products/model_svrac _2_svrac_monitor.htm Dan

Re:Something different

[toast0]

ls120 drives can eject disks via software

i don't know from experience if they'll let you eject from linux, but i can't imagine them not taking advantage of the eject commands in the atapi command set

Re:Liquid Crystal Display Display?

[vsync64]

"NIC Card" is acceptable, since "NIC" can also stand for "Network Interface Controller".

I got in an argument with a non-techie over this once and lost, embarassingly.

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Try this page

[leighklotz]

Try this page instead. It shows that it's 50,300 yen. Put a '1' in the box at the end of the line and press the oval red and yellow button to put it in your cart. Then press the next to last button at the bottom (bright yellow instead of orange) to place your order. Have fun filling out the address fields, though.

Re:Liquid Crystal Display Display?

[AlienFactor]

Ofcourse you do realize that NT did originally stand for N10 (pronounced N-Ten) the New Technology was the commercial name for the project

Of course, you do realize that NT is actually the two letters that follow MS?

Smaller monitor choice

[stinkydog]

Bring in your monitor in a sunglass case. All you need is a NSTC out either native on your motherboard/video card or get an external box and stuff it in you extra bay. Add a roll up keyboard and you are in business.

SD