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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac Classics
Message-ID: <2545@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 90 14:02:47 GMT
References: <2696.mac.hardware@pro-angmar>
Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Organization: Iron City, USA
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In article <2696.mac.hardware@pro-angmar> dropkin@pro-angmar.UUCP (Joe Dropkin) writes:
>NEWS!!!!!!
>There's a major problem with the MacClassics for which Apple needed to be
>notfied:
>Since the fan for a Classic is at the bottom, that means that the logic board
>is exposed to anything under it, right?  Yes... that means that if you place a
>Classic on top of a ext HD (which has been tested and works on ALL other macs)
>then the two hardware interfaces will interfere and the HD will be
>inaccessabel, at least. 
>If you have any questions, plaese notify me at
>pro-angmar!dropkin@alphalpha.com

What?

Forgive my ignorance, but what does the fan on a Classic have to do with the
hardware interface between it and an external hard drive?

BTW, the fan on a Classic is in the back about halfway up, if I recall the
picture on the data sheet correctly.

chaz




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