486 dies terrible death

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Wed Jun 2 20:39:01 2004

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Subject: Re: 486 dies terrible death


> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > > FWIW, the 12V fans in Mac LC series machines seem to be of a lot
better
> > > quality than the nasty PC equivalent, and - at least round here - Mac
> > > LC's are now even easier to come by than old AT-style PCs*.
> > >
> > > I imagine you'll find such a fan is a straight swap - I think they're
> >
> > AFAIK these fans are still being made, and are available from RS,
> > Farnell, etc. Of course they're not cheap, but they tend to be better
> > made than the ones from PC shops....
>
> I've got more power supplies than I care to have. More literally come
> through the door every week. I'd rather just let them die and replace the
> whole supply once in a great while and then recycle the dead unit rather
> than go through the nonsense of replacing the fan.
>
> --
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
>

Having extra supplies does not help if one decides to catch fire and burn
your house down.
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