> From: Ian Piumarta [mailto:ian.piumarta at inria.fr] 
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> PS: Anyone who has encountered an early-revision Acorn "Beeb" 
> motherboard
>     might fondly remember having to balance bags of ice cubes 
> on top of
>     the video chip during the summer months to achieve a stable
>     display. ;)

I still have one (of my two BBC B's) that has problems if run with the lid
on.

At least Beebs were quiet.  Anyone had any experience of the products at
http://www.quietpc.com/ for silencing the jet-engine roar of a modern P4
with a few disk drives?

		- Peter