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From: mxb@pyuxf.UUCP (Michael Brochstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: standing AT computers on end
Message-ID: <211@pyuxf.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 87 19:20:07 GMT
References: <780@imsvax.UUCP>
Organization: Bell Communications Research
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In article <780@imsvax.UUCP>, bob@imsvax.UUCP (Bob Burch) writes:
> 
> 
> ... I've seen a couple of ATs cooked this way and don't recommend it.

	I have a model 339 IBM AT since August 86.  It has been on its side 
since day one.  I used to run it 18 hours a day but since August 87 it has been
running 24 hours a day.  It is situated in a room in NYC which is NOT air 
conditioned.  The daily temperature during the summer in the room was well into
the eighties.  It also has a couple of optional boards in it (Intel Above/Boards
with 4 meg in 2 boards and an extra port card).

	The machine has never crashed (except when MY fault).
The bottom line is that from my experience it is safe to keep on its side.
(BTW, I run Xenix on it which is almost always doing something so the machine
is not idle!).

-- 
Michael Brochstein                             Currently at Bellcore/PY4-B222
(201) 699-7177-work                                            Piscataway, NJ
DISCLAIMER: Bellcore doesn't consult me in most matters.