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From: doug@ross.UUCP (doug carmean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Turning micros on their side
Message-ID: <217@ross.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 89 00:53:07 GMT
Reply-To: doug@ross.UUCP (doug carmean)
Organization: ROSS Technology. Austin, TX
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>Is there, or should there be any problem turning computers on their
>side?  I have a z-248 with 2 hard drives, and I need to know if
>turning it on its side will puty too much work on their mechanisms, or
>any other adverse effects, like the boards falling out of their slots,
>and crashing into each other, obliterating the boards, the computer,
>the R.O.K., all of Europe, the world, and even Life, The Universe, and
>Everything???
I can't warn you strongly enough against turning your computers on their
sides.  You will permanently damage EVERY SINGLE semiconductor device
in the systems.  You see, by rotating the computer you have effectively
changed the normal 110 lattice structure to a 011 lattice structure. 
Powering on any device in this configuration will not only cause damage
to the semiconductor device, but, according to Carver Mead:
   "...will cause skin to melt and eyes to explode.  In short
    everybody dies."
In summary, unless you want to cause world destruction, please do not
rotate your computer equipment.
-- 
-doug carmean
-ROSS Technology, 7748 Hwy 290 West Suite 400, Austin, TX 78736
-ross!doug@cs.utexas.edu