DB>  DB> ... a wood minitower case... 
DB>  MD> FWIW, such a computer would not be legal in the US, either for home 
DB>  MD> use (fcc B), or commercial use (fcc A) ... 
DB> Well, that might be if they caught you selling them; but if they have 
DB> the idea that they can come into your home to see what you are using, 
DB> I think we've all got big problems.  And, I frankly don't think the FCC 
DB> would give a damn what you are selling until you make enough money for 
My original post had nothing to do with selling them... but that too, would 
e
illegal. My original post dealt with the potential for RF interference, if 
ou
live in an appartment for example, and you nifty new wood case interferes 
ith
your neighbors tv reception, guess which one of you would be required to turn 
your equipment off? You guessed right, YOU.
DB> Now, maybe you can explain how your body in a normally supplied AC home, 
DB> can aborb the 60 cycle from the wires in the wall without harm, but that 
DB> any from a 40 mhz mthrbd is dangerous. I cannot. They both may be bad. I 
DB> do know that the former exposure goes on continuously. I do know that in 
DB> radio transmission, it is the watts in the wire that count, and that the 
My original post had nothing to do with the physical dangers (if any) of the 
RF output of an unshielded, uncertified case.
DB>  MD> I'd be dubious about removing any of the fans in the computers I 
have.
DB>  MD> Considering the tempurature of the air coming out, convection ... 
DB> Well, sure there are pentiums out there that suck 12 amps... but that is 
DB> only at 5 or even 3.2 volts.  SO, sure the older pents are hot, but they 
DB> have been cutting the power in recent generations. It's frankly somethin 
DB> to think about whether you really need a 300 watt power supply runnning 
DB> a pentuim all day for keyboard functions, or if a 25 watt 486 might not 
Forced air cooling on the systems I currently have produce a tempurate rise 
f
about 15 degrees above ambient. In a 75 degree room, that means the exhaust 
air is 90 degrees. How much hotter do you think the internal componants are 
going to run, if you stop using forced air? Quite a bit!
DB> Real hackers all drive with the hood off anyway. 
People who know what they are doing, and aren't constantly moving things 
around (also not good), don't need constant access to the internals of the
machine they are using. They also reconize the protection the case provides 
for those internal components.
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