Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!hoxna!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: improving the viewing angle and cooling (cheap method) Message-ID: <1799@uw-beaver> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 20:47:07 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-beave.1799 Posted: Wed Sep 26 20:47:07 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 01:54:20 EDT Sender: daemon@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 25 From: Werner UhrigCount me in among the people who are VERY concerned about the MAC overheating. From the first day I felt that the temperature of the MAC, top, left, and bottom sides, are alarming. And after replacing the video-board once, and the screen starting with the same flickering symptons already again that indicated the beginning of the end of the first board, I wonder. Now, the first board was replaced without anyone knowing what's wrong with it or what caused the video-problems, so I can't be sure, of course .... So the heat and my desire to be able to have the screen at angle perpendicular to my line of sight had me improvise as follows: Get 2 plastic gizmos of the kind keeping champagne-bottles (of the cheapest kind) closed and use them upside-down as support for the front 2 plastic feet of the MAC. A definite improvement. Also obtaining the 2 plastic corcs can be fun. If not available in your area due to your age or religious preferences send $5 and me and my friends will help you to some corcs, flown only once !!!! Cheers, Werner P.S. depending on the number of requests, delivery times may vary, of course. -------