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Article #4311Re: And you though computers were safe
From: ke... Kenneth R Crudup
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 08:01
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 08:01
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In article <29...@amc-gw.amc.com> ke...@anabol.amc.com (Ken Birdwell) says: >A few years back the company I now work for got one of the first color >SUN 360's. ... >Unfortunately, while reaching around back he accidently touched the metal >ground plate, discharging 70,000 volts though this sternum. Uh uh. 30kV tops. But I fix monitors quite often, and sometimes forget not to touch ground while leaning against the screen. Ouch. -- Kenny Crudup, Unix Systems Consultant nubian!ke...@ima.ima.isc.com 14 John Eliot Sq. #2B, Roxbury, MA 02119-1569 (617) 442 6585 "If you want romance, get champagne. But if you wanna score...get 'Bolt 45'!"
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!hagbard!eru!bloom-beacon!world!kenny From: ke...@world.std.com (Kenneth R Crudup) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: And you though computers were safe Message-ID: <1990Sep3.080125.27925@world.std.com> Date: 3 Sep 90 08:01:25 GMT References: <2915@amc-gw.amc.com> Organization: Software Tool&Die, (Boston), MA Lines: 16 Posted: Mon Sep 3 09:01:25 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit