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From: jbones on 13 Feb 2010 00:52
Can a Sparc 20 be safely run resting vertically? Thanks.
From: Doug McIntyre on 13 Feb 2010 01:06
jbones <jbones76(a)gmail.com> writes:
>Can a Sparc 20 be safely run resting vertically? Thanks.

As in, will the fans/drives put too much torque and get out of whack?
(no, it'll be fine).

Or, as in the system is so top heavy now, that its in danger of
toppling over (quite possibly).
From: Casper H.S. Dik on 13 Feb 2010 06:30
Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)geeks.org> writes:

>jbones <jbones76(a)gmail.com> writes:
>>Can a Sparc 20 be safely run resting vertically? Thanks.

>As in, will the fans/drives put too much torque and get out of whack?
>(no, it'll be fine).

You must make sure that you don't block the fans.

Casper
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From: Thad Floryan on 13 Feb 2010 08:19
On 2/13/2010 3:30 AM, Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)geeks.org> writes:
>
>> jbones <jbones76(a)gmail.com> writes:
>>> Can a Sparc 20 be safely run resting vertically? Thanks.
>
>> As in, will the fans/drives put too much torque and get out of whack?
>> (no, it'll be fine).
>
> You must make sure that you don't block the fans.

Or block the CD tray and floppy openings.
From: David Kirkby on 13 Feb 2010 13:26
On Feb 13, 5:52 am, jbones <jbone...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Can a Sparc 20 be safely run resting vertically?  Thanks.

Obviously, as others have said, you would need to avoid blocking the
air intakes/outlets.

I think the SPARC 20 was an excellent machine. I finally got around to
scapping mine, when my wife insisted I got rid of some of the 'junk'
in the garage. But one deficiency I always felt with the design was
the cooling was not sufficient. You might want to take a read of

http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/Sun/cooling-Sun-SPARCstation-20/index.shtml

which has some notes I wrote about cooling an SS20. Some might be
relevant to you.

Dave
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