Re: Kensington system saver hack.

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Dennis Jenkins (djenkins@usb.com) wrote:
: Hello All,
: 	I have news of a successfully hack to repair a Kensington System Saver
: IIgs:  I picked one up at the "Apple II Rescue" in Brown Dear, WI ~10
: days ago.  I did not test it on site, and when I got home I discovered
: that the fan was dyeing.  I took a while to start up and when it got up
: to speed, it would wobble and make a horrific sound.

I thought they all did that.  They do get quieter after they've run for a
while, but the System Saver IIgs is known to be noisy.

: 	Last night my wife and I stopped by the local Goodwill store.  There I
: found a Kensington System Saver for the regular Apple II (side mount
: unit).  On a hunch I thought, "ya know, I bet they used the same fans
: type in each unit.  The fans (by memory) look to be the same size."  So
: I plugged the thing in at the store and tested it.  Nice, strong air
: flow and very quite.  So I bought it.

For what it's worth, someone else has previously posted examples of other
aftermarket fans that are suitable for use in the System Saver.  Also, I
seem to vaguely remember someone else reporting installing a SCSI hard
drive in a System Saver IIgs case, since half of the box is basically empty.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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