Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!toma
From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 386 PCs and FCC Class A and Class B certification.
Keywords: business use ONLY, RF interference, low cost 386PCs
Message-ID: <5160@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 16 May 89 14:43:28 GMT
References: <6930@bunny.GTE.COM>
Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
Lines: 24

In article <6930@bunny.GTE.COM> js07@GTE.COM (Jack Shaio) writes:
>A recent issue of PC Magazine tested 100 386 PCs from many manufacturers.
>A good proportion, around 30%, have only FCC Class A certification, meaning
>they can cause enough RF (radio frequency) interference to damage
>reception of TV and AM radio signals. 

>Some very competitive brands,
>like ALR, are class A, and would make a terrific buy, if only one could
>be sure of being able to turn them on at home. There are enough
>Class A PCs on the market that it would be helpful to know what can be
>done about the Class A bummer.
>

Don't worry about it!  Unless you put your TV right next to your computer
you'll never notice it.  I get more interference from adjacient televisions
than from my (class A) computer.

Extra added disclaimer: The above may not apply if you live in a "fringe"
reception area, or you are in an apartment and your computer is located
next to your neighbor's TV (through the wall). 

Tom Almy
toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
Standard Disclaimers Apply, as well as the one above