mh1{at}deichjugend.de wrote:
> On Nov 11, 10:02 am, "Michael J. Mahon"  wrote:
>> Destruction was so rapid that aside from a couple of chips with their
>> plastic tops detonated and a bunch of "ghost" components
with little
>> beyond their leads left, there were no burn marks on the board!
> 
> You mean, the chips were correctly working as fuses to
> protect the board? ;-)

Precisely--though I never thought of it that way!  ;-)

-michael

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