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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Climb Every MClimb Every Mountain
Message-ID: <295@frog.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 10:19:23 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  9 10:19:23 1985
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Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA
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> Seen in some AT&T sales lit on the 3b15:
> 
> "
> 	Operating Environment:
> 	     ...
> 		Altitude:	Up to 6580 feet above sea level
> "
> 	Do folks in Colorado have to pressurize their computer rooms?
> Also, note three digits of precision. 
> 

Pressure has nothing to do with it.  Most of the cost of the 3B15 is the
expensive accelerometer which is used to detect a change in altitute that
will put the unit over 6580.000 feet.  When this happens, the unit explodes.

Do not request Air Freight shipment of your 3B15s.

:-)

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John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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