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- From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
- Subject: Re: Minimum Room Temperature for an Amiga
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.174821.11013@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
- Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
- Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
- References: <71435@cup.portal.com> <crystal.724035542@glia> <EACHUS.92Dec11101313@oddjob.mitre.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 17:48:21 GMT
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- Quoth eachus@oddjob.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus):
- ]>
- ]> If you leave your Amiga on all the time, the internal floppy drive
- ]> and any hard drives should be okay as long as you keep the snow out.
- ]> :-) (Seriously, from an electronics standpoint the worst problem
- ]> would be condensation, so leaving the machine cold when warming up the
- ]> room is doing things backwards. Keep the machine on (monitor
- ]> optional) and you should be okay.
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- I'd keep the monitor on too, and run FractalBlanker2 (looks lovely agains
- the background of a Christmas tree) or just disable the video input. The
- chance of killing off the monitor is actually higher than the computer --
- higher voltage potential and operating temperature, donchaknow.
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- The opinions expressed in this message are thoughtful, reasoned, and logical.
- It goes without saying that they are not those of my employer.
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