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- From: cvoigt@brahms.udel.edu (Christopher T Voigt)
- Subject: Re: IIsi on it's side?
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- References: <1992Dec21.092251.18490@tdb.uu.se> <1h56u9INNhas@morrow.stanford.edu> <1992Dec21.231858.4925@rat.csc.calpoly.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:31:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.231858.4925@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> mdong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Michael Russell Dong) writes:
- >In article <1h56u9INNhas@morrow.stanford.edu> kayt@deathstar.Stanford.EDU (Kayt Sorhaindo) writes:
- >>
- >>I used to work at Apple on their 800 number. I remember seeing one
- >>technical article that said that IIsi should NOT be placed on its side.
- >>It probably works, but in this case, they don't recommend it. If the
- >>system fails and the failure can be traced to the computer being on its
- >>side, then Apple wouldn't cover the failure under warranty.
- >>Whatever, Kayt
- >
- >If this is true, then Apple should *specifically* stat, in the manual, *not* to place the IIsi on it's side.
- >
-
- If I remember correctly, my si came with a slip of paper that said "don't put
- your mac on its side unless the manual says you can". And the manual does
- not say you can...
-
- I used to have an IBM (I hate to admit it) on its side. It worked fine for
- a year, and then the hard drive became unreliable. And the floppy could only
- write disks for other drives when I flipped it down. Not that this has much
- to do with the si...
-
- Chris
-