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Article #32885Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end: is this safe?
From: Steve Lemke <steve>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 21:05
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 21:05
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In article <4215@polya.Stanford.EDU> shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) writes:
>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.
Actually, I believe that it blows air _out_ the left (bottom) side. I say
_bottom_ assuming that you are standing it up on the left side, which seems
to be the preferred side because a) the disk drives are at the top of the
machine, and b) the reset/int buttons are more accessible.
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