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

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <3uv3i0$ce@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:

> rogtha@delphi.com wrote:
> : I have two cooling fans hooked to both vents of my original II . . .
> : After how many hours should I shut it off? I know II's don't hold up as
> : well to days/hours of use as PC's do . . . (no offense)
> 
> It doesn't?
> 
> I've had my IIgs on for the better part of this month with no signs of
> trouble, and Mom leaves her ][e on all the time...though in both cases
> it's standard procedure to shut the monitor off.  My GS has a System Saver
> GS AND the built-in fan in the Vulcan, and doesn't have anything (i.e. the
> monitor) sitting on top.  The ][e doesn't even have a fan, but then it's
> pretty empty (with a parallel card, 64k 80-column board, and Disk ][
> controller)
> 
> I can't think of any reason why the ][ would want to be shut down.  The
> 6502 runs pretty cool.  It's those 80n86's that cook themselves to death!

I agree - I ran a BBS for a couple years on one of my IIGSs - and even
now, I don't turn this one off unless I'm going out of town.  Keep in
mind, these are not pentium based toaster ovens.. since you have fans (I
don't) you should be even less concerned thaan I am.. and I'm not.