Re: apple iie overheat question

["Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com>]

"Martin Doherty" <martin.doherty@undisclosed.com> wrote in message
news:cvPee.38$r04.117@news.oracle.com...

> I'm curious about the nature of your application.  Nobody today would
> seriously propose using an Apple II simply for its raw power to compute
> a result, if that's what you want then you could run it in an emulator
> at full speed and get the answer before the coffee pot stops perking.

10 years ago, I worked at a State of Kansas facility that was constantly
strapped for cash - before I left, the School was pitching a bunch of Apple
IIe and GS computers and unfortunately, I couldn't save them personally
unless I had an application for them.

Well, all the network engineers were whining about taking their laptops into
the tight LAN closets to interface with Cisco routers and (at the time)
Cabletron network gear - barely enough room to stand, let alone work and the
laptops back then we more LUGTOP and laptop.

Presto, install a rack shelf and a IIe with a SSC and custom wird cable and
viola, instant dedicated terminal - no extra cooling was ever needed, and
the Apple II's ran for years without so much as a problem - they were only
rebooted when we switched out the "modern" equipment.