On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:58:37 -0800 (PST), James Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyway, the MacChimney was made by someone named Tom Swain and sold for > $18: > > Try as I might, I couldn't find more than a passing reference to it > online; I've always been curious as to how many units he sold. ¬_¬ >
Here's a Usenet post on it. Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!cit-vax!ucla-cs!zen!ucbcad!ames!amdahl!bnrmtv!takahash From: [email protected] (Alan Takahashi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MacChimney Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 13:51:07 EDT Article-I.D.: bnrmtv.2790 Posted: Fri Oct 9 13:51:07 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Oct-87 22:05:04 EDT References: <[email protected]> Organization: Bell Northern Research, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 28 Summary: MacChimney info... In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Yvonne Van Olphen) writes: > _The_Macintosh_Bible_ recommends getting "MacChimney" to cool your > mac. The only problem is, I can't find it anywhere. None of the > stores I have called have ever heard of it. The book says "for ordering > information, see page xxx". Well, I turn to page xxx and it says > > MacChimney > Tom Swain > > Very helpful. Can anyone point me in the right direction? MacChimney is manufactured by an company called Silicon Comforts. Their address is: Silicon Comforts 2560 Bancroft Way, Suite 117 Berkeley, CA 94704 I actually got my MacChimney from BMUG for $12.00. You might try them at BMUG 1442A Walnut Street, #62 Berkeley, CA 94709 (415) 849-9114 Hope this helps! Alan Takahashi *at* ...!{hplabs,amdahl,3comvax,ames}!bnrmtv!takahashi #All standard disclaimers apply# -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
