Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!husc6!purdue!sage.cc.purdue.edu!aj0 From: aj0@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: static zapping Message-ID: <4304@sage.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 9 May 90 20:46:35 GMT References: Reply-To: aj0@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland) Distribution: comp.sys.apple2 Organization: Purdue University Lines: 15 In article nagendra@bucsf.bu.edu (nagendra mishr) writes: >I had a pair of headphones plugged into the sound port on my GS and I was >playing a real neat graphic arcade game. But as you know dust makes the >screen look dull, so I tried to do a quick wipe of the screen with my >hands, and then zap, I had a static discharge from my ears to my headset! So it does it from the headphone jack too huh. I have been zapped (several times) with my headphones plugged into my supersonic stero card. It's amazing how quickly habbits can change with something like this. I always fear more for the computer than myself, I heal easier. -- ____ Y_,_|[]| Eric Mulholland {|_|_|__| aj0@sage.cc.purdue.edu //oo--OO ...!pur-ee!sage.cc!aj0