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Article #833Re: static discharges
From: Richard Friedman
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1990 01:12
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1990 01:12
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k...@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) writes:
> Zapping the case of the Tektronix hardcopy printer would trigger a print.
I remember back in '65 when serial 4 CDC 6600 was installed at NYU,
everytime the operator's console chair came close to the console
chassis a spark would jump and the dual display screens would go
blank. Everything else would run normally, tapes would be moving,
printers going, etc., but the screens were blank. CDC refused to
believe it, so we arranged for all their local CE's to watch as
we ceremoniously wheeled the chair around the room and gracefully
glided it to the console, whereupon it sparked and the screens went
blank! Everyone (from NYU) cheered! CDC still couldnt believe it.
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