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From: rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Dust & OD (formerly: Dissatisfaction w/ NeXT ...)
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Date: 27 Jan 91 07:57:02 GMT
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In article <1622@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Joseph Chin) writes:
##In article <1597@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Joseph Chin) writes:
##Should owners of the older NeXTs take the above statement to mean that
##the answer in "hardware.419" from NextAnswers may be safely ignored?
##
##Q: Why can't I reverse the fan of my old cube so it blows the air like the 
##new ones to keep the cube a bit cleaner?
##A: It will overheat the cube.  Older cubes have bottom vents only in the 
##front of the cube; the vents in the rear are critical to cooling if the fan 
##is blowing air down rather than pulling it up.
##QA419
#Good point! I guess there has been a change in opinion at NeXT ...

You should also note that this upgrade ships with the processor
upgrade. On the new board at least two important chips have cooling
elements glued to them (among them the 68040).
I think this could help to remove the constraints mentioned in QA 419.

Ronald
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