Philips XT with 768K

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Mon Aug 17 22:06:48 1998

< That, is not the HD heat problems...cooling air was poorly done in
< both installation and case design. Old Compaq Deskpro cases have
< that in mind. ST225 got real hot too so need to watch that on any
< 5.25" hds and insure cooling is good.

Amen to that. Heat is a bad thing for computers or their peripherals.
Most suffer from to much heat, and too much heat around the disk stack.

< Those ST251's have rapidly died out around here,

Actually I'm still running one, in a Leading Edge model D Xt box that
does cool exceptionally well. The power supply (and the fan in it) is
behind the disk stack and exceptionally well cooled. I put a second fan
in the 486/66 for that reason... to hot.

The altair taught me well about heat... and lousy air flow.

Allison
Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 22:06:48 BST