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Re: Cooling a HP desktop

From Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.hardware
Subject Re: Cooling a HP desktop
Date 2026-06-07 14:46 -0400
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On Sun, 6/7/2026 8:55 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> 
> :-)
> 
> When Personal Computers boom started, some navy chap here though of buying one 
> for the submarine he worked at. So he bought I think it was, an Amstrad 1512 PC 
> from a shop, with a warranty. The computer run fine, till they put out to sea.
> 
> So they had the computer replaced.
> 
> And it broke down again.
> 
> Then the shop owner asked where exactly are you using it? They told him, in a navy submarine. The shop removed the warranty instantly.
> 
> The vibrations from the diesel were killing the hard disk, way faster than temperatures or humidity :-D

They look a lot like hard drives, but apparently
the arm isn't as rigid as a modern arm. And the air pressure
under the head might be different as well (as a cushion).

   http://www.binarydevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ST251.jpg

It's too bad there wasn't NAND flash back then.

I wonder if floppy diskettes would have been a good option for a submarine ?
They could have used a machine with "dual floppy", as that is a handy
setup for making backups. The "single floppy" computers were a pain in
the ass, to clone a floppy. The RAM on the computer is not big enough to
hold the floppy contents, and copying an entire floppy required flipping
in disc 1 and disc 2, over and over again, until the transfer was finished.
When a machine had two floppy drives, it "was like Heaven" :-)

   Paul

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  Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-05-31 20:31 -0500
    Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-31 23:19 -0400
      Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-06-01 15:15 -0500
        Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-01 22:31 -0400
          Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-06-03 17:18 -0500
            Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-03 19:45 -0400
              Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-06-04 09:23 -0500
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-04 13:26 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-06-06 10:38 -0500
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-06 19:19 +0200
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 03:09 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-07 14:55 +0200
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 14:46 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-07 23:18 +0200
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 18:56 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 22:09 -0400

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