Re: Fun Case Modding

["David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:54:04 -0000, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &  
Hannah <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> > Perhaps, we should aim a little lower: maybe a foot warmer? <g>
> My word, funsec is being uncharacteristically restrained on this one.
> I definitely remember when the Alpha first came out.  The desktop  
> (actually
> deskside) unit, at 150MHz, was blazingly fast for those days, and the  
> FCC actually
> required DEC to put metal panels on both sides of the unit to reduce EMR  
> from
> them.  The CPU radiated 30 watts of power.  A Kenner Easy-Bake oven only  
> uses
> a 20 watt bulb, so we made lots of jokes about being able to set it on  
> the desk and
> cook breakfast on it.

Or if you look at the Athlons from a while back - there was the person who  
used his athlon to fry and egg (and ate it - now that's devotion):

http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~htsu/humor/fry_egg.html

My Linux box is running one of the old Athlon 1400 - this nicely warms the  
whole room whenever it's used - the side effect is that I cannot run the  
PC for more than about an hour in the summer months!

dave
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