Re: What holds an IIe power supply in?

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <wBf0d.85411$N11.55696@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
 "Jayson Smith" 
 <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net> wrote:

> Ok, I'm blind, so this might seem like a stupid question, but...
> A while back I, for some reason, took a notion to unscrew the screws holding
> the bottom of my IIe on.  Guess I just wanted to see what was inside from
> the bottom view or something.  Anyway, in the process, I unsecured the power
> supply, and it can now slide freely from front to back.  I know that on the
> IIgs the PS hooks into a little place made for it and snaps into place.  But
> what in the world holds it in on the IIe?  Because of frustrations with the
> supply sliding out of hand reach to turn the system on with the cover on,
> I'm temporarilly running it with the supply outside the case and the cable
> running through the hole where the switch and power socket normally stick
> out.  Is there any danger in this, either to humans, other creatures, the
> computer or the supply?  Thanks for any help.
> Jayson.
> 
> 
> 

It's held down to the baseplate with four small screws - not part of the 
6 along the bottom edges, or the three across the keyboard end - Those 
just hold the plastic case onto the baseplate. The ones you're looking 
for are pretty close to 1.625 inches and 4.5 inches in from the left 
(when viewed from "right side up") edge of the baseplate, and 
approximately 9.5 and 1.75 inches from the rearmost projection of the 
base plate. 

When in place where it needs to be, the left (again, seen from the top) 
edge of the power supply will be very close to 1.375 inches from the 
left edge of the baseplate, with the rear/switch area just barely 
touching the back "wall".

I've tried to make it as clear as possible (I used to be eyes for a 
blind man who had a serious "tech-fetish" - You think dealing with your 
Apple II is fun? Try coping with reassembling a DEC PDP-11! <heheheh>) 
but I'm betting that even with my info, you're going to need to dig up a 
sighted person to assist in re-aligning the PS with its screwholes to 
get it pinned back down. It's not that difficult, but it does pretty 
much require vision (or excellent luck) to get it positioned properly, 
since there are very few reference points to work from, and you're 
looking for some pretty tiny screwholes in the middle of a realatively 
major expanse of baseplate.

Running it the way you are is an issue that's purely cosmetic - The 
power supply box is effectively a sealed unit, with no "stray" voltages 
accessible, or openings that anybody/anything could get an appendage 
through to get zapped. Pouring a two-liter of soda over it while it's 
powered up probably wouldn't be the best idea in the world, but even 
that should present pretty close to zero risk due to the way the box is 
formed.

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