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

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

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!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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