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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A2000 on a side rig?
Message-ID: <349@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 90 10:37:49 GMT
References: <3262@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <3262@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
>
>  I was wondering the pros and cons over 
>putting the Ami on it's side and using it that way.  My HD is card mounted so I
>am quite a bit wary of doing so even though there is this supporting rod there
>that should keep the sucker from torquing the connector.

My A2000 with a PC-side filecard worked flawlessly standing on the side
for nearly two years. As far as I know about harddisks, the only thing
to avoid absolutely is to mount them at some arbitrary angle, but all
90 degrees should do no harm. Though, I'm not completely sure, if they
like complete upside-down position, which can happen easily when the
drive is mounted sideways in the A2000 and you put your A2000 on the
other side.

That was done to conserve space on my desk. But now I use an even more
efficient way: Took some wood under the back and middle of the case to
lift it for ca. 7 cm. So I again have a sort of keyboard garage like in
the old days and I don't lose that many space between keyboard, the
long keyboard connector and the case. The keyboard just slips with the
last centimeters right under the A2000 case. In this way it again fits
on my desk and I also can put the monitor again on top of it, where I
only could place the A1010 before.

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Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel      //     E-Mail to 
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