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From: thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: The Fanning of the Amiga
Message-ID: <3135@public.BTR.COM>
Date: 20 Jun 91 06:20:01 GMT
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In article <00677315168@elgamy.raidernet.com> elg@elgamy.raidernet.com (Eric Lee Green) writes:
>From article <3079@public.BTR.COM>, by thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan):
>[...]
>> I still maintain that a filtered positive-pressure computer cooling system is
>> "better" than a non-filtered volumetric-evacuation system
>
>True, to some extent. However, it's difficult to design such a forced-air
>cooling system, due to the ductwork required. Plus the filters tend to
>clog. Most home computers don't have a serviceman on service contract come
>by every month to change the air filters.

Hmmm.  I have "heard" that one of the uses to which Apple puts their Cray
is for the modeling/simulation of heat flow (and cooling) of their designs.

Interestingly, Sam Dicker (ex-Amiga/Los Gatos, and the author of audio.device)
is the guy who operates that Cray for Apple; after the 1986 layoffs he needed
a job and Apple was hiring ... he said "no way will I work on Macs" but I
suppose the attraction of the Cray (and the need to put bread on the table)
forced his hand.

BTW, I cross-posted part of my article re: humorous cooling system acronyms
to comp.sys.3b1 (re: "ASS = Air Suck System; .. ; FART = Forwarding Air Rapidly
Through; ...") and one person (there) came up with ``FARTASS'' which is a
combined dual-fan Suck It Out, Blow It In arrangement!   :-)

Oh well, maybe I'll just repackage my Amigas in tower cases (like that one 3B1)
and at least *I* won't have to worry any more about dust, heat and noise.  Hmm,
maybe this *IS* a business opportunity!  :-)

Gee, this might "make my day" almost as much as when I heard from an Apple
marketing VP they lost the $400 Million U.S.Gov't contract and now don't give
a hoot about UNIX anymore (on the Mac).

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]