Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!think.com!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpnmdla!hpsad!smithj From: smithj@hpsad.HP.COM (Jim Smith) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: timer Message-ID: <1840032@hpsad.HP.COM> Date: 14 Feb 91 00:40:11 GMT References: Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA Lines: 19 terryb writes: ==== Why would a terrorist be reluctant to use an IC? For that matter, why is the original poster reluctant to use an IC? ==== Electromagnetic Pulse? :-) (I know, I know, transistors are susceptible too...) Look, ya takes a cheep pocket watch, and ya drills a little hole in the face. Den ya sticks a pointed stick in dere and scrapes a bit a paint offa the minute hand. Den ya glues a wire in da hole, and sticks a wire on da case. Den ya connects one wire to da battery, and one wire to de igniter... (Oh no! Am I giving away State Secrets? Treason!) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com