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From: julian@bongo.UUCP (julian macassey)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Conductive Dust Bunnies
Summary: AT&T Zapped By Xerox!
Message-ID: <224@bongo.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jul 89 19:42:58 GMT
References: <1989Jun14.042949.597@ivucsb.sba.ca.us> <19512@cup.portal.com> <19559@cup.portal.com>
Organization: The Hole in the Wall  Hollywood CA U.S.A.
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In article <19559@cup.portal.com>, mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
> 
> BTW, conductive dust was an early objection to the introduction of widespread
> use of graphite-reinforced plastics.
> 
> When I first heard this, it gave me a great idea for "nuking" a computer
> center.  Get a bunch of graphite fiber, chop it up, and dump it into the
> air conditioner intake for the building housing the computer center.
> 
> Of course, I never did it.  And you shouldn't either.   ;-)

    The average office environment is filled with conductive dust. This dust 
can be purchased at many stationary stores, to buy it just ask for 
photocopier toner (laser printer toner works too). This dust is mostly 
carbon, often with some paraffin wax.

    Many office PBX's and computers have had "weird" problems when in the 
same room with "The other machines", this usually means a monster 
photocopier. If you want to know how much toner they throw into the 
atmosphere, look at the walls and carpet or your photocopier room. Black 
lung disease an occupational health problem in the reprographics dept?

Yours.
-- 
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