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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Driving on the left.
Message-ID: <525@mhuxl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 07:36:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 31 07:36:24 1986
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There> >There are two reasons not to put the disk drive on the left side.
> >1) That is near the power supply, which has a magnetic field.
> >
> >2) More importantly, the disk drive will block the air slats at the bottom
> >of the Mac.  Free convection across the circuitry may be cut severely.
> 
> I use several systems with the external drive on the left (since I'm a right-
> handed mouse user).  We have had NO problems from this source.  However, most
> of us maintain about 1 to 2 inches of clearance, both for reasons of field
> strength and because of cooling.  Also, keeping it too close blocks access to
> the reset/interrupt switches.

Ahah! If you drive on the left, keep a medial barrier between the mac and
the drive to prevent the loss of bits, resetting the mac and overheating your
mac.  To be safe though, drive on the right.