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From: korn@eris.berkeley.edu (Peter "Arrgh" Korn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Summary: Not necessarily true...
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Date: 19 Oct 88 05:07:01 GMT
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The Quantum drive, which Apple uses for the internal 80Meg drive available
from them, is rated to operate in any orientation.  That means on it's
front, on it's back, at wierd rakish angles, etc.  Furthermore there are
a number of 3rd party internal drives, most not made by Seagate.  The
CDC Wren series are amoung these.  Many of these drives may not suffer
from the same orientation problems that the Seagate purportedly does.

To say that one must NEVER put a MacII on it's side, however, is wrong.


Peter "my MacII has been on it's side for 8 months and counting" Korn
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