22 Feb
2014
22 Feb
'14
5:25 p.m.
A number of early home computers liked to overheat.
More than two or three cards plugged-in the Apple II? Get a fan now, or
it's only a matter of time.. they even ran hot as-shipped.
My original VIC-20 ran frightfully hot, as did its power supply - just as
did the C-64 which replaced it. Both were run with a large muffin fan
positioned close behind the rear panel, which seemed to help a lot - both
machines have large slots in the rear, centred on the top plane of the
motherboard.
I'm not sure why this is, it's as if the manufacturers never actually
tested these machines under real-world operating conditions.
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 4:58 PM, John Many Jars <
john at yoyodyne-propulsion.net> wrote:
My first computer was a 99/4
It used to overheat.
On 22 Feb 2014 21:47, "Terry Stewart" <terry at webweavers.co.nz> wrote:
I'm not sure how many on this list are
interested in cheap home computers
of the early 1980's but anyway...my crowded collection space is now even
more challenged! Nice to have an example of this one though.
Here is how I got it:
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2014-02-22-ti99_4a-reconstituting.…
and here is how I've described it on the collections page:
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/ti99-4a.htm
Terry (Tez)