From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 12 12:01:33 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA03362 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:01:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles228.castles.com [208.214.165.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03355 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:01:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA05302; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:57:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901121957.LAA05302@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "James D. Butt" cc: Denny Reiter , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Car Mp3 Player In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:36:10 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:57:20 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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