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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: RFI, the FCC, and STs (was re: Talking about other computers here)
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Date: 8 Dec 90 07:33:53 GMT
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jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura) writes:

- They leave the stuff as marginal as they can get away with
- for RFI because anything you do about RFI costs money.
-
- But taking it from the top, the problem starts with IO interfacing.
- You can build a dirt cheap computer with no IO.  A grounded cage
- does it.  But as soon as you start adding IO ports you've got
- troubles.  The Atari ST is rich with IO ports, and not all
- of the best possible quality.  You've got the 2 MIDI ports (the
- basic spec of which looks noisy I might add -- not Atari's fault),
- an RS-232C, semi-SCSI, Centronics, 2 joystick and cartridge port.
- Take that "Centronics" port.  The original Centronics used every
- other wire as a balance which could have helped cancelled "some"
- RFI (doesn't help that much anyway really).
 
And I bet the TT with all its ports causes lots more problems.

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