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- From: steve@chama.eece.unm.edu (Steve Jorgensen-S)
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- Subject: Re: Picking a SCSI-hardrive
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- Date: 12 Aug 92 19:40:04 GMT
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- In article <166farINNhqq@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:
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- |> In article <1992Aug10.093543.15849@unlv.edu> sknkwrks@unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) writes:
- |> }I'd also recommend against the 3.5-floppy-sized HDs. Hard drives get
- |> }fairly warm in normal operation. There's not enough space inside
- |> }those little boxes to stick a fan, so your HD fries. Find the desktop
- |>
- |> Mine doesn't get hot.. And I can barely hear it.. A few people
- |> have bought APS drives after I got one, and other people I've known with them
- |> have been completely happy with them. It's great having a small hard
- |> drive.. I never carry around floppies anymore, I just carry around my
- |> hard drive.
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- There's nothing wrong with a 3.5" HD, you just need to make sure
- your case is big enough to house a fan. My 800meg does get hot, but
- the fan in my case cools things off nicely.. :)
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- Steve
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