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From: uhclem@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Model II, 12, 16
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Date: 11 Dec 89 15:10:00 GMT
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B>Does the 12 take the same boards (hard drive controller and so forth) that the
B>II and 16 take?  Why the different configuration?  

Yes.  The CPU/RS-232, Memory, FDC/Printer boards from the Model II/16 are
consolidated on a main board.  The card cage needs only a Video/Keyboard
adapter to be useful.  The Video/Keyboard and all other add-on cards are the
same as those that would go in a II/16, but now you have more room for them.

B>Seems like a good way to create problems with cards
B>over a long period of time, with card bending and warpage and so forth.

Actually lack of heat-rise capability is the main problem with horizontal
mounting, and since no one learns from history, IBM used the same strategy
in some of the PS/2 systems.  A user can even create these problem conditions
with a plain old PC by running it on its side.  Better have a good fan.

<My opinion, and not that of my employer, Mr. "Heat flow?  What's that? (TM)".>

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