Re: Mounting Apple IIe in Tower Case.

[wernst@cris.com (Warren "Llama" Ernst)]

cknoblo@gonix (Carl Knoblock) wrote:

>Rob.Thomson@vuw.ac.nz (Rob Thomson) writes:
>: Hi,
>: I'm planning to mount my clone IIe in a PC case, so I can use the power
>: supply, more drive bays, etc. Would the motherboard or cards get damaged
>: if I mounted it in a tower case? The floppies would probably be mounted 
>: horizontally to avoid problems there.

>I would recommend mounting the board so the slots are virtical, rather 
>than horizontal, both to prevent the boards from pulling sideways on the 
>slots and for better cooling. Other than that, sounds cool.

I had my apple //e working 24/7 on its side for more than two years (I
made an external keyboard, so I could do this, BTW). EVERY slot had a
card. No card ever worked its way lose, and I did check them
periodically.

If this "tower" system idea of yours is for a high vibration or moving
platform (like maybe on a ship or something), I'd reconsider things,
but sitting on your desk will probably by OK.

Virtually,
Warr
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