Re: Is the NeXTStation Turbo vertically disadvantaged?

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From: Joseph Chin
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 03:52

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In article <1992Apr10.235556.16143@bmw.mayo.edu> brunkhorst@mayo.edu  
(Geoff Brunkhorst) writes:
> ...
> As for ventilation, I am worried about the turbo, because a) it's also
> in a cabinet (insipid requirements of our medical people about
> having computers in doctor's offices) and b) the 33mhz 040 has a
> *_BIG_* (read: larger footprint than the chip) heat sink
> ...

That reminds me of the other day when I opened up the 50Mhz 486 play  
system at my other office, I saw a DC powered fan sitting on top of the  
BIG heat sink on the 80486 cpu. That was quite a sight. That's the way to  
stay cool :-)

Joe

ps. So far the 486-50 has only been used for Smalltalk benchmarking and  
playing Solitaire ... an installation of OS/2 failed miserably ...
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Subject: Re: Is the NeXTStation Turbo vertically disadvantaged?
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