Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:57:20 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "James D. Butt" <jbutt@mwci.net> Cc: Denny Reiter <mcneills@inw.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Car Mp3 Player Message-ID: <199901121957.LAA05302@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:36:10 CST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990112121744.15592C-100000@subcellar.mwci.net>
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> > 5 years) is the COLD. It's so damn cold here in Illinois that I > > have to take the thing out of the car whenever I leave. And every- > > one else was having problems with heat dissipation :-) > > Cold is a major issue.. > > Even with matrix orbitals Extended temp units are -20 to +70 C Freezing an LCD is not a major problem. They won't operate at -20, but they'll survive it OK. > But even more of a problem is hard drives.. They do not like cold much at > all.. When they are spining they seem to keep warm but I really hesitate > to spin a drive up that has been sitting for a few hours bellow freezing. Use a magneto-optical unit instead. That way you can change carts too. As long as your cold is dry, you're fine. Moisture is actually the big enemy, not temperature extremes. > 1. Leave the drive and LCD spun up. Questions.. Will they maintain a warm > temp?? (I think the drives will but the LCD I am pretty sure will not) The power consumption would kill your battery in a few days. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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