Re: Is the NeXTStation Turbo vertically disadvantaged?

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From: Ronald Pomeroy
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 18:21

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In article <9APR199221530916@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov> silbar@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov (Dick Silbar) writes:
[munch munch]
>OK, we decided, easy to fix by moving the slab out from under the 
>monitor.  But, the connector between the two is so short that we ended
>up putting the slab on its right-hand side, standing up, with the
>slot for the disk drive at the top.  Standing right behind the monitor
[munch munch]
>QUESTION: is there any good reason why we _shouldn't_ leave Rachel's
>slab standing in its upright position? 
>
>   Dick Silbar
The only real concern is head alignment on the internal drive - but
I've been running my slab vertial for 5 months now with no problems.
Do make sure that the cooling fins on the bottom are against a 
flat surface.  The air drawn by the fan should flow along the full
length of the heat sink (fins).

Ronald (vertical slabbin' dude) Pomeroy
Senior - Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University (I are an AGGIE)
n189ds@tamuts.tamu.edu

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