Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!garcon!mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu!carlson From: carlson@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT illegal when used at home??? Message-ID: <800019@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 25 Aug 89 14:39:00 GMT References: <10750@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:boulder.Colorado.EDU:10750:mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu:800019:000:873 Nf-From: mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu!carlson Aug 25 09:39:00 1989 >Written 10:14 am Aug 15, 1989 by UH2@PSUVM.BITNET >It is merely the case that the FCC has (t least) two levels of certification: >low and high. A box must get a low rating if it is going to be advertised >as a "home" computer (presumbably to protect the TV viewers nearby). > >Since people rarely watch TV at work, a high rating is called an office >rating. You can certainly take it home. This is backwards. The low (Class A) rating is for office environments, since a little RF interference won't hurt other machines. TV's in homes will display ANY RF noise in the area, so home usage requires the higher (Class B) certification. I.e. TV viewers need MORE protection than, say, the office copier or other computers. -------------------- Brad Carlson or University of Illinos--Micro Resource Center--NeXT guru