What goes here? I sent this two days ago??
John Rye wrote:
>
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> >
> > Dust is a major problem if you leave the cover off a computer. If you allow a
> > blanket of dust to form, then heat buildup can definitely be worse than with
> > the cover on. Fans are cheap nowadays, I think you should get an extra one.
>
> A Salutary Tale.
>
> Several years ago I was called to Pharmacy to see if I could check
> their PC out - they thought that a mouse might had died inside.
>
> The machine was a very tightly packed NEC 8088 clone. I asked
> when the machine had last been serviced, and was rather surprised
> to hear that it hadn't been looked at since it had been installed
> in 1984 and had been running 24/7 since then!!
>
> On opening the case I found a thick layer of matted dust, fibre,
> paper and various other bits and pieces which had been drawn inside
> the case, which was fitted into a drawer under a bench.
>
> Every component was coated! The floppy drive (5 1/4") was the most
> amazing I can say I ever saw - so totally filled with dust it could
> have easily been used to make masters for lost-wax process castings.
>
> The smell was from the cooking dirt and dust coating the cpu chip.
>
> I lifted the matted much off and restarted the machine and help my
> breath -
>
> It lasted about 5 minutes before giving out a loud 'snort' and failed
> completely - clouds of smoke, smell of burning plastic, and general
> panic as that was the budinesses complete record of prescriptions
> dispensed during the past 10 or so years!
>
> As you can image a new machine was installed and a cleaning regime
> instituted!!
>
> Cheers
>
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> "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected"
> (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
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ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected"
(The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
