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Article #18306Re: smart fan
From: Bill Mayhew
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1988 05:13
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1988 05:13
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My Tektronix 2445 'scope that I got 3 years ago has a fan whose speed varies. What is also a neat benefit is that it makes it easier to maintain a semblance of *constant* rather than some arbitrarily low temperature. Quite a good thing for analog things that drift in calibration with respect to temperature. That scope has taken some remarkably rough treatment and stays quite stable. I agree; Apple should have learned about fans in, say about 1979 or so. I've replaced more Apple power packs in machines here than I like to think about. You'd at least think they could have put some ventillation slots in those chintzy Apple ][ power packs. I suppose their lawyers advised them to seal the power pack to prevent some kid from probing it with a paperclip or whatever. Those Kensington System saver aftermarket fans help some, but there still isn't any air circulation inside the power pack.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!mandrill!neoucom!wtm From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: smart fan Summary: Smart fan == intelligent choice Message-ID: <913@neoucom.UUCP> Date: 7 Jan 88 05:13:12 GMT References: <19808@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: wfd@neoucom.UUCP Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 16