improving the viewing angle and cooling (cheap method)

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Subject: improving the viewing angle and cooling (cheap method)
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Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 20:47:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 20:47:07 1984
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From: Werner Uhrig
Count me in among the people who are VERY concerned about the MAC overheating.

From the first day I felt that the temperature of the MAC, top, left, and
bottom sides, are alarming. And after replacing the video-board once, and
the screen starting with the same flickering symptons already again that
indicated the beginning of the end of the first board, I wonder.

Now, the first board was replaced without anyone knowing what's wrong with
it or what caused the video-problems, so I can't be sure, of course ....

So the heat and my desire to be able to have the screen at angle perpendicular
to my line of sight had me improvise as follows:

Get 2 plastic gizmos of the kind keeping champagne-bottles (of the cheapest
kind) closed and use them upside-down as support for the front 2 plastic
feet of the MAC. A definite improvement. Also obtaining the 2 plastic corcs
can be fun. If not available in your area due to your age or religious
preferences send $5 and me and my friends will help you to some corcs, flown
only once !!!!

Cheers, Werner

P.S. depending on the number of requests, delivery times may vary, of course.
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