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From: ssubrama@weber.ucsd.edu (Shankar Subramanian)
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Subject: PCs that can be used in hot weather > 40 degrees C
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Date: 12 Dec 90 23:53:07 GMT
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   Are there any 386 machines that can take heat and dust?  I'm
thinking of taking a machine back to Delhi, India where the
maximum hits 45 C (114 F) occasionally and which is quite dusty.
I've heard that dust does awful things to disk drives.  Is that
true?  An air-conditioner would take care of both heat and dust, but
is awfully expensive to run there because of the high cost of
electricity.   But on the other hand, I don't suppose I can afford a
machine that comes up to MIL specs.
Any comments welcome.

shankar subramanian
UC San Diego