Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

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From: Dean Yu
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1988 13:23

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> In article <316@ivucsb.UUCP>, steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke <steve>) writes:
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> NO!  NO!  NO!
> 
> The internal Hard Drive in a Mac II is mounted side to side, NOT fore and aft
> as in a PC. Hard Drives, like the Seagate series, and probably others,
> are designed the be mounted flat, or on one edge or the other. In a
> Mac II, turning the system unit on either side would stand the Hard Disk
> on its face or on its rear. Seagate specifically says that standing 
> one of their units on its face or its rear will VOID the warranty.

   Not true if you've got a Rodime.  A friend has a Mac II and an internal
Rodime 140, and he's got his Mac II Kickstanded (Kensington), and he's very
happy with it.  (And I'm very jealous because I've only got a measly 512K
Enhanced...) 

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From: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu)
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Subject: Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
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Date: 19 Oct 88 13:23:00 GMT
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