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From: emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RLL controllers with MFM drives
Summary: ..or any other?
Message-ID: <292@marvin.moncam.co.uk>
Date: 24 Nov 89 18:30:44 GMT
References: <703@crash.cts.com> <1989Nov21.062846.6164@dragos.uucp>
Organization: Monotype ADG, Cambridge, UK
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In article <1989Nov21.062846.6164@dragos.uucp>, ruiu@dragos.uucp (dragos) writes:
> In article <703@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
> 
>  I dunno... my roommate arrived at work one day to find the fire deparment
>  there. His WD controller board spontaneously combusted ovenight, melting a
>  chunk of the motherboard with it and setting off every smoke detector in
>  the place.
>  [omission] 
>  I'll think twice before buying a WD product.
> 
To be fair, I have yet to see a PC add-on board which has UL approval, and
some may even be potentially flammable. Isn't it about time individual
boards had fuses on their power rails, rather than relying on the half
kilowatt or so limiter in the power supply? -Yes I know why they don't,
I'm 'in the trade' myself, but we'd find a happy solution if we HAD to,
instead we rely on parts which are considered 'safe' under those conditions,
and make no attempt at *prevention*.

Just MHO, my employer obviously disagrees...

Dave E.