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Article #32795Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end: is this safe?
From: Jonathan S. Shapiro
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 1988 23:02
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 1988 23:02
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In article <3434@cs.utexas.edu> yvo@cs.utexas.edu (Yvonne van Olphen) writes: > > >To conserve space, I would like to stand my Mac II base unit >upright on one end. I have seen pictures of this in magazines, >but someone told me this is not safe. As long as I get a stand >to vent it, is it OK? It has the Apple 20MB internal har disk. It should be okay. Just don't move it while the disk is running. I have ahd mine mounted on its side standing on a pair of blocks (why pay $65 for a stand when I can stick it on blocks between the side of my desk and the wall?). The only thing that I know of that you need to be careful about is that the mac draws cooling air in from the side, so it needs to be clear of the floor. If your floor is shag carpeted you will want to make sure that the intake is well clear of the rug. Jon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!polya!shap From: shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end: is this safe? Summary: Its Okay Message-ID: <4215@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 1 Oct 88 23:02:05 GMT References: <3434@cs.utexas.edu> Reply-To: shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 19