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From: shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end:  is this safe?
Summary: Its Okay
Message-ID: <4215@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 1 Oct 88 23:02:05 GMT
References: <3434@cs.utexas.edu>
Reply-To: shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro)
Organization: Stanford University
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In article <3434@cs.utexas.edu> yvo@cs.utexas.edu (Yvonne van Olphen) writes:
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>To conserve space, I would like to stand my Mac II base unit
>upright on one end.  I have seen pictures of this in magazines,
>but someone told me this is not safe.  As long as I get a stand
>to vent it, is it OK?  It has the Apple 20MB internal har disk.

It should be okay. Just don't move it while the disk is running.
I have ahd mine mounted on its side standing on a pair of blocks (why
pay $65 for a stand when I can stick it on blocks between the side of
my desk and the wall?).

The only thing that I know of that you need to be careful about is
that the mac draws cooling air in from the side, so it needs to be
clear of the floor.  If your floor is shag carpeted you will want to
make sure that the intake is well clear of the rug.

Jon