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- From: sknkwrks@unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
- Subject: Re: Picking a SCSI-hardrive
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.062908.5302@unlv.edu>
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- Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
- References: <13AUG199201400967@vax2.concordia.ca>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 06:29:08 GMT
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- In article <13AUG199201400967@vax2.concordia.ca> spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:
- >>I'd also recommend against the 3.5-floppy-sized HDs. Hard drives get
- >>fairly warm in normal operation...
- >
- > Are you sure about that? The TMS Shadow contains nothing inside the
- >case that could cause any heat build up, especially since the powersupply
- >(brick-on-a-rope) is kept outside the case. Even so it may use convection
- >cooling, by air vents, so any small amount of heat that's produced (if any)
- >would circulate out. If there's another source of heat in a TMS Shadow, please
- >let me know... Then I'll probably stick with the TMS external "Pro" (would
- >have to move my floppy disk boxes off the desk, but.... :)
-
- The mechanism can get a bit toasty in normal operation. I wouldn't
- want to run one without a fan. Fans are cheap insurance. There are
- probably a few people here who have had no problems with the Shadow
- (and related drives)...all I can say is "buyer beware."
-
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