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From: trm@arthur.cs.purdue.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Physical Operation & Maintenance
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Date: Mon, 11-May-87 18:10:43 EDT
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Does anyone have any specific information on physical operation and
maintenance of a UNIX pc or other similar box?  Specific questions are:

1. Should the machine be left on continuously?  If not, how long a period
   of idleness warrants a shutdown?  What are the tradeoffs and critical
   issues?  Possibly cost of electricity, power surges to the chips, spinning 
   down the hard disk, dust collection because of the fans.

2. What sort of environmental conditions can the machine survive safely?
   Temperature?  Dust?  etc.

3. Does the machine require periodic maintenance by a service technician?

4. Does anyone know how to make the UNIX pc quieter?  (I use it in a small
   apartment.)

Any help would be appreciated.

- Tom Mueller	(trm@mordred.cs.purdue.edu)