Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA00299; Sat, 2 Dec 95 15:09:32 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA22280; Sat, 2 Dec 95 15:08:29 EST Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id OAA28757 ; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:16:08 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA28643 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:13:40 -0800 Received: from seagull.rtd.com (root@seagull.rtd.com [198.102.68.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA28633 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:13:35 -0800 Received: (from dgy@localhost) by seagull.rtd.com (8.6.12/8.6.9.1) id PAA11086; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 15:13:26 -0700 From: Don Yuniskis Message-Id: <199512012213.PAA11086@seagull.rtd.com> Subject: Re: No Thumbs??? (lack of concensus) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 15:13:26 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) In-Reply-To: <2251.817855120@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Dec 1, 95 01:58:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 590 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > Are these things comfortable in an external enclosure (e.g., two > > drives in a dual drive enclosure with a single fan)? Just how "hot" > > is "hot"? > > Hotter than that! :-) I wouldn't recommend it. One drive in a box > maybe. Two, well, maybe you could put a hot plate on top and cook > your breakfast in the morning.. :-) Yikes! It seems that the drives tend to run 10 to 15W (typical). My tape drive is in the same case (single full height 5") and it doesn't seem to complain or get too hot -- in fact, the case barely gets warm! Am I missing something here?? Thx, don