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Re: towerized IIgs
- Subject: Re: towerized IIgs
- From: rubywand@swbell.net
- Date: 1997/03/24
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services
- References: <5h1g8e$1un@eddore.myrias.com> <5h3rri$qef@News.Dal.Ca>
Michael Hackett writes ...
>
> ....
>
> When I was putting together my tower, I asked the same thing.
> Everyone I heard from said that they hadn't bothered with any sort
> of card bracket as they'd not had any problems. I was still a bit
> concerned, but my board's been on its side for a year now, and even
> been through a couple of fairly rough moves (with the cards still
> in place), and I've not had any problems or noticed the cards
> working loose. (However, being horizontal now, they do catch the
> dust better.)
>
> ....
>
One improvement would be to mount the GS motherboard so that the
Slot cards run up-down instead of front-to-back. This should eliminate
the dust problem and it would greatly reduce the stress on the card's
connection to its Slot socket.
Rubywand