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From: consp22@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple 2-page monitor and Mac IIfx
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Date: 1 Sep 90 15:35:06 GMT
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In article <3884@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>, dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
|>The Apple 2-page monitor has a plastic base which matches the cover of
|>the Mac II, IIx and IIfx.  It even has ventilation slots so that it
|>doesn't interfere with the airflow when placed atop the box.
|>Nonetheless, the IIfx installation instructions explicitly recommends
|>that you NOT place the 2-page monitor atop the system unit.  Can anyone
|>at Apple explain why this is and just how dangerous (or not) such
|>placement might be?

I cal tell you why...I have installed a number of these units; they weigh
a friggin ton! The case really cannot support all that weight too well.
             
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