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From: ted@idunno.UUCP (Ted Park)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Orientation of Apollo on floor.
Message-ID: <10@idunno.UUCP>
Date: 21 Aug 89 09:53:13 GMT
Organization: Wherever
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Keywords: stands, orientation

At the company where I work we have around 16 Mentor nodes
(essentially DN3000 nodes) as well as around 20 nodes that we
purchased from Apollo.  Some of these nodes are sitting on the 
floor on edge - the nodes with Mentor stickers on the front sit 
with the tape drive towards the floor, so that the vents on the 
side don't get blocked, while the Apollo nodes sit so that the
small light plate is upright, and the tape drive or floppy drive is
in a position that media can easily be inserted.

The CE from Mentor insists that vents up is the "correct" way, although
you can flip it over if you get the optional stand.  The Apollo people 
claim that the media end should go up.

Although it makes most sense to set the node down flat on the desk
where people can't kick it over (yeah, I guess that the drive wouldn't
get jarred as badly if it was nearer to the floor if the node got 
knocked over)  I'm curious about what other sites do.

Yes, I know it's trivial and not particularly relevant, but 
inquiring minds still wanna know. . .
 
If you have nodes sitting on the floor, which end do you have 
up??