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From: steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke <steve>)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end:  is this safe?
Message-ID: <316@ivucsb.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 88 21:05:46 GMT
References: <3434@cs.utexas.edu> <4215@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke <steve>)
Organization: The Audio Club at UCSB, Isla Vista, California
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In article <4215@polya.Stanford.EDU> shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) writes:
>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.

Actually, I believe that it blows air _out_ the left (bottom) side.  I say
_bottom_ assuming that you are standing it up on the left side, which seems
to be the preferred side because a) the disk drives are at the top of the
machine, and b) the reset/int buttons are more accessible.  
 
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