Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u35828 Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Date: Thursday, 6 Jun 1991 20:56:25 CDT From: Message-ID: <91157.205630U35828@uicvm.uic.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Subject: Re: Shake, Rattle, and Roll? References: <91153.210832U35828@uicvm.uic.edu> <1616@seq.uncwil.edu> <91156.230143U35828@uicvm.uic.edu> <1991Jun6.215327.29830@uunet.uu.net> In article <1991Jun6.215327.29830@uunet.uu.net>, dch@uunet.uu.net (Dan C. Horner) says: > >Just to add my own .02 here, your power strip doesn't suppress the >emanations which are not coming from the electrical connections. > >I used to work at IBM - Bethesda, and we had a demo room that backed up >to the main building transformers and incoming power lines (the main >junction for power). We couldn't use any demo machines that were closer >than 10 in. to that wall as it would cause the display to make nifty >snaketrack patterns that convinced you of the oddities of life... > >Perhaps you have something of this nature occuring ? Well, a set of 2000 volt power lines (plus a step-down transformer to convert it to 120VAC) run about 80-85 feet away from my house. Should this be of any significance? John D. Serrano John Serrano-Bitnet: , Internet: + ________ + + /__ =_\=====|-----------/ "Never before have so few been + + __|____|____ | Eurgh! | so foul to so many" -anon. + + \O_O_O_O_O_O_O/ ---------\ +