Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!unisoft!gethen!farren From: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: standing AT computers on end Message-ID: <496@gethen.UUCP> Date: 31 Dec 87 22:46:12 GMT References: <780@imsvax.UUCP> <211@pyuxf.UUCP> Reply-To: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) Organization: There's Unix there in Oakland Lines: 12 Regarding standing AT-type computers on their sides, next to your desk: it is worth noting that IBM themselves sold a stand for doing exactly this. I would think that if they don't think there's likely to be a problem with it, there's not much problem doing it. Personally, I've had an old-style PC, fully loaded, running on its side for more than three years, with nary a problem. -- Michael J. Farren | "INVESTIGATE your point of view, don't just {ucbvax, uunet, hoptoad}! | dogmatize it! Reflect on it and re-evaluate unisoft!gethen!farren | it. You may want to change your mind someday." gethen!farren@lll-winken.llnl.gov ----- Tom Reingold, from alt.flame