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From: wcs@ho95b.UUCP (Bill Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Strobe lights -> crashes
Message-ID: <354@ho95b.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 13:11:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 13:11:54 1985
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The early Bell Labs BLIT terminals (in-house predecessor to the Teletype
5620) had no fan, and were occasionally subject to ovwerheating problems.
The standard cure was to take the back off to get some air circulation.
Well, there was this guy with a window office, who had the back of his
terminal facing out.  After a few weeks the incoming sunlight erased the
EPROMs, and the terminal forgot what it was....

My 5620 has a fan, but it's quieter than the  building A/C fan, so I've left
it in (a lot of HP terminals around here seem to have their fans disconnected.)