> On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 01:00, John Alvord wrote: > > And Lord protect you if the packaging accidently contained materials > > which generated gamma rays. Another tale of woe from the IBM 1980s > > Gamma seems odd, it doesn't interact much most times, now alpha emitters > I could believe. Was it alpha or gamma emitters they got in their materials ? >
I recall back when we were getting round to 256K chips that cosmic rays were becoming a problem and that chips weren't going to be made much denser. What happened? -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
