Heat problems with 1040s?

Article View: net.micro.atari16

Article #1399

#1399

From: RDROYA01
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1986 11:40

23 lines
1645 bytes

Date:           Tue, 5 Aug 86 07:37 EST
From:           <RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET> (Robert Royar)
Organization:   University of Louisville
Subject:        Heat problems with 1040s?
To:             info-atari16@score.stanford.edu
X-Original-To:  "info-atari16@score.stanford.edu"

I'm deciding wether to buy a 1040ST or a 520ST. I want the full meg because
the cp/m-68k system I'm now using has 2 megs, and many of the programs I'll
be porting need LARGE buffers. But some of the local users and one dealer
have warned me of heat failures and design flaws in the 1040ST. Are these
isolated problems or is this a chronic concern? If it is chronic, how can
it be fixed (why didn't they put a fan in that skinny box?).

Heat concerns me, as do power problems because those are the only problems
I had with my first 68K system. The addition of an integrand power box
with fan cured both. Has anyone installed an Atari board in such a box?
Please, hurry your replies as I need to make a decision within a week.

thanks,

Robert Royar
rdroya01@ulkyvx.bitnet

Technical Details

Message-ID: <8608051143.AA13767@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!ULKYVX.BITNET!RDROYA01

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!ULKYVX.BITNET!RDROYA01
From: RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Heat problems with 1040s?
Message-ID: <8608051143.AA13767@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Tue, 5-Aug-86 07:40:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8608051143.AA13767
Posted: Tue Aug  5 07:40:50 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 6-Aug-86 02:03:08 EDT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Reply-To: RDROYA01%ULKYVX.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.Edu
Organization: The ARPA Internet
Lines: 23