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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Applications checklist/disk drive woes
Message-ID: <1111@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>
Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 23:29:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 27 23:29:51 1987
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billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) wrote in article <847@crash.CTS.COM>:
>I have a friend who tried tipping his Amiga sideways to save DESK
>(not disk!) space

I don't see how this can save desk space.  How big is his monitor?

>My advice would be to NOT "turn your Amiga on its side"!!!  

I think what you meant was not turn your disk drive on its side.
I can assure you the position of the disk drive (h vs v) should
not matter.  The Amiga next to me has its drive sideways, and has
for a long time, with no problems.  I seem to remember an Amiga
engineer a while back (about 18 months) say it won't hurt the
drive; C-A does it all the time too.

You should check other things.  First is disk quality.  Second is
proximity to the monitor degaussing circuits and other electromagnetic
fields - tipping the *amiga* up could bring it too close to these
circuits.  Other suggestions: air flow (heat problems, dirt),
direct sunlight, etc.

How could the keyboard fit if you tipped the Amiga on its side?  :-)

..Bob
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Bob Page,  U of Lowell CS Dept.      ulowell!page,  page@ulowell.CSNET