[rescue] quiet SPARCstation

[Ralph Quisenberry]

	If you were in the NYC area, there is a store in Chinatown where you could 
buy any thickness/length/width you wanted. They even have adhesive backed so 
that it can be attached to the machine. Lets face it, you can find anything 
here! :P

John
john at tequies.com

At 01:45 PM 6/19/2002, you wrote:
>Message: 8
>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:16:52 -0400
From: Michael Schiller <schiller at zaphod.agrijag.com>
>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [rescue] quiet SPARCstation
>Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>
>Bill:
>
>See if there's an old fashioned typewriter repair shop near you. They used 
>to sell
>rubber mats to go under a typewriter (to make it quieter) that are basically
>slightly thicker than a modern mousepad, and without the cloth cover, but
>otherwise the same stuff (in a larger sheet).
>
>-Mike
>
>
>Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 10:55:50AM -0400, Loomis, Rip wrote:
> > > Another trick that we used to use at $Old_Work was to put the systems
> > > underneath the Big Ugly Desks on the floor--anything that helps put
> > > the high frequency noise generators a little further away and
> > > direct the noise away from your ear will help somewhat.
> >
> > One other thing I've done with some boxes, is to put them on stacks of
> > mousepads or other sorts of "rubber mats".  This reduces any vibrations 
> that
> > might be amplified by shelving, etc.
> >
> > I have an U60 that hits a resonant frequency when I put it on a set of 
> plastic
> > shelving I have (and it gets VERY annoying).  So, I "padded" it with 
> some old
> > mouse pads.. Wish I could find this type of rubber-foam padding material 
in
> > bulk, though.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --
> > Bill Bradford
> > mrbill at mrbill.net
> > Austin, TX