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static discharges

#832
From: k... Ken Yap
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 04:06
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The graphics lab mentioned in the last prank had synthetic carpeting,
probably from before computers were introduced. Yeah, bad planning.  It
didn't take me long, wearing shoes with synthetic soles, to discover
the phenomenon of static electricity (I came from a humid country where
static is unknown) and that static could be use to zap people (with a
key).

Or computing machinery. The Teleray T1061, when zapped on the case,
near the power switch, would start beeping until powered down.  Zapping
the case of the Tektronix hardcopy printer would trigger a print.

Warning: Don't try this on your machinery. I'm not responsible for what
happens. I was lucky I never tried to zap any RS232 ports or such
things.
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From: k...@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap)
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Subject: static discharges
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Date: 10 Jan 90 04:06:55 GMT
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Organization: University of Rochester Computer Science Department
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