Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!mks!wheels
From: wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: A static problem--solutions?
Summary: maybe a grounding strap
Message-ID: <412@mks.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 88 14:47:34 GMT
References: <959@pbhyc.UUCP> <2216@isis.UUCP>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont.
Lines: 22

In article <2216@isis.UUCP>, aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt) writes:
> In article <959@pbhyc.UUCP> jdf@pbhyc.UUCP (Jack Fine) writes:
> >...  Micro computer systems (IBM PC XT) from certain users will 
> >suddenly blank the screen and freeze up requiring a cold boot to get
> >started again.  We have tried various things...
> >Anyone else run into this kind of problem?
> 
> I have indeed seen this as a participant.  In my case I have narrowed it
> down to fabric of clothes vs. fabric of chairs.

I'm not sure what is generating the static charge in my case, but once
I'm charged up I can crash my computer by having my chair come in contact
with the desk. I was thinking about connecting the chair to the desk with
a strap so they're always at the same potential, but that would tie me
down too much. Maybe I need a ground strap dragging on the floor from
the bottom of the chair. (Hmmm, then I could add bumper stickers, and
a cool sounding muffler. Maybe a turbo charger too.)
-- 
     Gerry Wheeler                           Phone: (519)884-2251
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.               UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels
   35 King St. North                             BIX: join mks
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