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- From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche)
- Subject: Re: Minimum Room Temperature for an Amiga
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.023746.16015@metapro.DIALix.oz.au>
- Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia
- References: <crystal.723778083@glia> <10235@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 02:37:46 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In <10235@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com>
- peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:
-
- >In article <crystal.723778083@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
- >>
- >>I just talked to a Commodore technician. I was told that the minimum
- >>recommended room temperature for operating an Amiga is 41 degrees Fahrenheit.
-
- >(Please, almighty god, teach those Amis SI units!!! PLEASE! We *never* use
- >Fahrenheit, so we also have no conversion formula. Is this below zero (C)?)
-
- Dern yankees! (Looks like you need a trip "Ausland" to brush
- up on your english, Peter. :-))
-
- 32F = 0C, 212F = 100C => C = (F - 32) * 5/9
-
- Therefore, 41F = 5C, probably too cold for an Amiga.
- Amigas are cool, not frigid!
-
- >Well, there is indeed a limit. I only know the german term "Taupunkt"
- >(perhaps condensation point?): You get inevitable humidity condensation
- "dew point" - somebody with a PhD in physics should know that! ;-)
- It's even in my Langenscheidt.
-
- >below this temperature. Condensation is absolute poison at least for
- >floppy drives, but also can cause shorts and corrosion. If you e.g.
- >carry a floppy with you through the cold, you should *never* put it
- >directly in *any* computer, might cost you the r/w head, you have to
- >let it warm up.
-
- I find that placing it at the cooling air outlet of the
- computer makes for rapid acclimatisation. Also, if it's a
- magnetic tape, do a retension before trying to get any data
- on there. Paper tape users need bother about this.
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