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From: anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac on its side
Message-ID: <1991May16.050125.26971@verity.com>
Date: 16 May 91 05:01:25 GMT
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In-Reply-To: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle)

In article <1991May16.010706.1651@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>, alex@grian (Alex Pournelle) writes:
>DON.NOLL@p3425.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (DON NOLL) writes:
>
>>    Laying any Mac II, Mac IIx, or Mac IIfx on its side is dangerous!  
>>PH> This is because the hard disk is mounted with the read/write arm  
>>PH> mounted sideways.  
>
>This is mostly hooey.  If you check with your drive manufacturer--not
>Apple, but someone who knows--the drives can be oriented any way but
>face down or on their ends.  Almost all are specifically warranted in
>those three positions only, and no others.  Unless Quantum has changed
>their minds, the Pro80 and 40 are OK on their sides or bottom.
>


I agree - I've kept every single mac I've owned/used on its side and I
have never experienced any problems.  Almost everyone I know does also
this.  It does help to get the little stands if you have the
large-format machine, since it keeps the machine from being knocked
over accidentally.  This is not so important for the compact-format
machines, since the little rubber feet can be moved to the other side,
and their geometry is a bit more stable in the first place.

anders