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From: dieter@zhmti.UUCP (Dieter H. Zebbedies)
Newsgroups: net.analog,net.misc
Subject: Re: "Nuclear Event Detector"
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Date: Sun, 22-Dec-85 14:28:08 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 22 14:28:08 1985
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Summary: It even has a reset pin!

In article <799@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:
>     At first, I wondered if this was some kind of elaborate joke
>or hoax, but the product brochures are professionally done, utterly
>serious in tone, and seem to be completely legitimate.

>In short, this thing is supposed to "protect" your computer or other
>electronic doohickey in the event of a nuclear weapon detonation. I
>quote: "Mounted on your cicuit board, this 14-pin dual in-line package
>reliably detects the gamma pulse from a nuclear detonation and rapidly
>initiates those circumvention functions necessary to protect your
>electronics from damage and/or upset." [How nice. Your electronics won't
>be "upset". I wonder about their operators...]

What gets me is that one of those 14 pins is a ``RESET'' line !

I too thought that this was a *real strange product*, but who am I
to argue with the DoD types that want revenge even though they might
not be there to enjoy it :-)
-- 
Dieter H. Zebbedies ('dee-ter 'zeb-ed-eez)
 Zebb-Hoff Mach. Tool's Automated Manufacturing Project
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