Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!ncar!gatech!dcatla!mclek From: mclek@dcatla.UUCP (Larry E. Kollar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: If you can't stand the heat ... Message-ID: <6611@dcatla.UUCP> Date: 13 Jul 88 14:53:48 GMT References: <578@helios.toronto.edu> <4210@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: mclek@sunb.UUCP (Larry E. Kollar) Distribution: na Organization: DCA Inc., Alpharetta, GA Lines: 23 in article <578@helios.toronto.edu>, dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley) says about the Mac Plus: > > There were a lot of things that really > annoyed me about it, but the worst was the way it behaved in warm weather. Blame the all-in-one design. I use a Plus at work, and the "Hades point" (top left of the machine, near the front) runs over 120F even in air-conditioned environments. You need a cooling fan (recommended anyway) in non-climate- controlled areas, or you can count on replacing power supplies down the road. The Amiga 500 may be a little more temperature-sensative than a 2000, but not so much as a Mac since the monitor's a separate unit on all Amigas. Anyway, I've been using my 500 in an 80-degree high-humidity environment during evenings, with no trouble. I have a fan, but it's keeping the liveware (me) from overheating. :-) In article <4210@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: >It seems the '2000 WAS doing a pretty good job of heating up the rest of >the house. In a heat wave, everything contributes to the heat -- but I'd have a hard time believing that even a full-blown 2000 could pump out THAT much heat.... Larry Kollar ...!gatech!dcatla!mclek