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From: gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Keyboard Cables? / external disk RF signal
Summary: 'Twas a joke!
Message-ID: <116@gnosys.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 89 16:02:51 GMT
References: <7454@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <1542@lznv.ATT.COM> <112@gnosys.UUCP> <432@limbic.UUCP>
Reply-To: gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: gst's 3B1 - Somerville, Massachusetts
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In article <432@limbic.UUCP> gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) writes:
> In article <112@gnosys.UUCP> gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) [me] writes:
> >Maybe we could get Lenny, Gil, and John to design us an infrared interface
> >for the keyboard...
> 
> This is an interesting idea, but probably not all that practical...

Hey, Gil - I meant that as a JOKE!  :-)  (Guess you missed the smiley,
or thought it applied only to the part about the periscope.  Oh well.
Still, I appreciate the effort you put into giving the idea some thought.

BTW, now that I have your attention, I would like to ask a serious question.
I was talking with someone locally about the idea of an external hard disk,
and mentioned the two independent projects currently underway.  His remark
was that one of the things he liked about the machine (being a ham radio
operator) was how it was nice and self-contained, and very low on RF emissions.
He says that once you start running external cables around that whole situation
can change very drastically.  Have you given any thought to that problem?  Have
you measured RF radiation, even by means of noting the effect of the external
cable on nearby radio and television receivers?  Same question to jbm.

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Gary S. Trujillo			      {linus,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!gnosys!gst
Somerville, Massachusetts		     {icus,ima,stech,wjh12}!gnosys!gst