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From: mkb@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU (Mike Blackwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can the MacII be used sideways
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Date: 18 Jan 88 16:51:42 GMT
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Reply-To: mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell)
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I've been using my MacII (with 40M internal hard disk) on its side for about
2 months now, with no problems. As others have mentioned, the only concern
is ventilation - you must leave the side vents open. The hard disk is speced
to run on its side, that's no problem. I solved the vent problem by propping
my Mac on two pieces of 1x2 I found in the trash... cheaper than
Kensington's bracket, but not as pretty, I guess. I started with it on the
right side, because it fit better on my desk that way, but I had to flip it
to the left side, so I could get at the programmer switches.

		-m-	(Arpa: Mike Blackwell@rover.ri.cmu.edu)