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From: steph@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Stephen Sakamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: IIx fan noise
Keywords: IIx fan
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Date: 7 Dec 89 23:04:40 GMT
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In article <1168@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
>Hello,
>
>  I remember reading over the summer that some company had made a device that
>(I believe based on temperature) varied the speed of the II-series machines'
>fan, resulting in generally quieter operation unless the machine got too hot.
>
>  Does anybody know where I can find one of these things, and how much it
>costs?  For that matter, are they available in the U.S. yet (at the time, it
>was an Apple-authorized add-on, but only overseas somewhere...)?
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Mike

Funny you should ask. I just received a mailer from EuroComm for the Nova
fan controller.  Retail price is $89.95 for MacII/IIx. There are separate
models for Astec or Sony power supplies. 

EuroComm
629 S. Rancho SantaFe Road, Number 394
San Marcos, California 92069
(619) 471-9362
Applelink: D2643



Stephen Sakamoto
UCLA Computer Science Department