GS Hardware addons (was Re: Celebration...)

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <Pine.BSD/.3.91.970418230531.3826A-100000@connect.iconnect.net>,
Joseph E. Walsh <ransom@connect.iconnect.net> wrote:

[Re: System Saver GS]

>>    Better. Fits between computer and monitor, provides a fan and 4
>> switched (2 switches, each controlling 2 outlets) outlets. No surge
>> protection, if I remember correctly.

>Sounds pretty neat.  Unfortunately, the computer desk I purchased to 
>house my IIgs has a clearance problem between the desk and the bottom of 
>the hutch's top shelf.  I'm worried that the monitor won't even fit on 
>top of the computer.  Once I get the monitor, I'll see if I can fit 
>anything else in there...

   The System Saver GS adds about 2 inches to the total height of the
system. If you're concerned about heat and/or GS power supply capacity,
Steve Buggie (buggie@umn.edu) adapts IBM PC power supplies to connect
to Apple II motherboards. Without the power supply inside the case, it
runs cooler.

   And as to modern computer desks with hutches and the like, I'd like
to publically rant at the designers of them... :) Not everybody has a
15" PC monitor and the case tucked away on the floor! At work (all
programmers and artists have 17" monitors or better; management
actually is at the bottom of the food chain for computers), as well as
at home, desks without any vertical clearance problems are the norm,
simply because if it doesn't work, it's not bought. There are plenty of
good-looking desks that one can drop a 21" monitor and a fulltower PC
case on.

Nathan



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