Hello, fellow MPE-Image fans,

Both hp3000 A-Class computers, Cinderella and Cenicienta (snatched
from the jaws of death just before HP quit selling them), are up
and running.  I wish I could say "quietly running" but such is not
the case

HP installed *crippled CPUs* but installed *UNcrippled fans* which,
unfortunately, make quite a racket.

Sadly, I have been forced to move these lovely machines into
a Cinderella-like environment (a dungeon, if you will) because
the UNcrippled-fan noise was driving everyone nuts.  I would like
to be able to present them to polite company.  This fan nuisance
is a terrible blow to my hopes.

Is there an option to substitute these high-powered fans (which
were perhaps meant for the analogous HP-UX machines that run with
uncrippled CPUs) with crippled (and hopefully quieter) fans more
in tune with the modest CPU speeds that MPE/iX is allowed?  Or
does the crippling action actually generate more heat?

I hope that something will pan out and that HP will not blow hot
and cold.  Hopefully, HP will send a gentle cool zephyr my way,

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 |            r  |  Alfredo                  http://www.adager.com
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 |        g      |  F. Alfredo Rego
 |      a        |  Manager, R & D Labs
 |    d          |  Adager Corporation
 |  A            |  Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000            U.S.A.
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