The column "The Hard Edge" in Computer Shopper magazine (Bill O'Brien and Alice Hill) teased Intel's heat output on the new "Pentium" chip by saying they'd get

The column "The Hard Edge" in Computer Shopper magazine (Bill O'Brien and Alice Hill) teased Intel's heat output on the new "Pentium" chip by saying they'd get a tiny frying pan made to fry an egg on it. :-) (can't find the original article, but it's referred to in this 1997 article https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19334858.html https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19334858.html ) Before then, I don't remember my IBM 386/75 or 486 needing fans ... but the 486DX2/50 had problems with RF emissions from the corners of motherboard traces (IIRC) so they left external clock speed lower for many moons ...