[rescue] Good day's grabs

[Natasha Schiller]

My sparcbook 3gx runs 24/7 and the only heat related problem I've ever had was
when I had it crunching SETI packets, and the problem was that it heated up
the room too much for ME, the machine didn't even notice! :)

-Mike

Eric Dittman wrote:

> > My opinion has always been that a laptop should run fine forever sitting
> > on a soft surface such as a bed or sofa.  I have always though that an
> > extra eighth of an inch in any dimension would be a small price to pay
> > for that reliability.  Unfortunately companies don't always do that.  I
> > have a friend with a Tadpole sparcbook, and he actually runs a PCMCIA
> > blower to cool that one.
>
> On most weekends my Latitude C810 will run continuously, active,
> all power saving features (except screen blanking) turned off,
> without any kind of overheating.
> --
> Eric Dittman
> dittman at dittman.net
> Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue