"Greg Mayman" wrote to "Roy J. Tellason" (01-01-03  23:36)
 --- on the topic of "LIGHTNING STRIKE"

 -=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "LIGHTNING STRIKE" on 12-31-02  04:06.....
 GM> OTOH, the best idea is not to let the spikes get into the
 GM> equipment in the first place ;-)

 RJT> That's one of the reasons I prefer external modems...    :-)

 GM> Yep, it's one extra barrier...

The actual barrier is those little 1488/1489 interface IC's that give up
their little lives to save the computer. I remember they were often the
only socketed IC's on serial cards. It was done for that very reason!

 Mike
 ****

... You mean 15" sparks are SUPPOSED to come out of this thing?!?

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