Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!sparkyfs.erg.sri.com!ads.com!henry From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Setting a PC on its Side Message-ID: <=69&95_@ads.com> Date: 24 Apr 91 15:54:01 GMT References: <47696@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News) Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; Mt View, CA USA Lines: 12 dana@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel Schneider) wrote: ->I have seen this done before, but I am hesitant to take a computer designed ->to function horizontally and ask it to function vertically. it's not clear you can *assume* these PCs were designed to function *only* when placed horizontally. i have an original IBM PC/AT which is oriented (like most) to sit on your desktop. a little-known feature was a floor-stand for the PC/AT which makes it stand on the floor just fine. -- # Henry Mensch / Advanced Decision Systems /