Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:7124 comp.sys.att:11415 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!trac2000!das13!dave From: dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Brownouts, shorts, explosions and the unix pc. Message-ID: <1470@das13.snide.com> Date: 7 Jan 91 18:10:40 GMT References: <1991Jan5.045917.7018@shibaya.lonestar.org> <37644@cup.portal.com> Followup-To: poster Organization: Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Lines: 12 In article <37644@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: > And for those electronics hobbiests amongst you, don't play with Tesla coils > within 400m (1/4 mile) of computers ... you WILL zap CMOS ICs. > Whoa! Is this really TRUE? What about negative ion generators? What about those new "gas plasma" balls? DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA UUCP: ..!uunet!trac2000!das13!dave INTERNET: dave@das13.snide.com