Re: How long is too long to leave a II on?

[Scott.Alfter@skunkworks.genesplicer.org (Scott Alfter)]

In article <3819095@f10.n209.z1>,
Todd P. Whitesel <toddpw@frappe.ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
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>rogtha@delphi.com writes:
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>>I have two cooling fans hooked to both vents of my original II . . .
>>After how many hours should I shut it off?
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>No idea. Drill a real ventilation hole in the side and put a fan on it,

In the side?  That would look ugly. :-P I have a IIGS in a IIe case; I
punched a hole in the bottom of the case (under the keyboard) and put a 3"
fan over it.  The fan sucks air in through the bottom, which is then
deflected over the motherboard and expansion cards by the underside of the
keyboard.

I ran a BBS with this type of configuration (only with the original IIe
motherboard) for about a year with no problems.  (My system was fairly
well-loaded, too--at the time I upgraded the machine to a IIGS, I had a
1-meg RamWorks III, a Super Serial Card, a DataLink 2400, a Timemaster, a
Z-Card, a DuoDisk controller, a RamFAST, and a 10-MHz RocketChip under the
hood.  Only slot 5 was empty.) 

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