On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 10:59 PM, Gamba wrote:
>> Still a bit wary of this discharging of the CRT. Sounds pretty dodgy to
>> me. How dangerous is it?
>
> Don't worry about it. The lethal aspect of CRT discharge of compact Mac
> is
> an urban myth.
Most of the pain comes from jumping back in shock, falling over the
cat/dog/pile of SE/30 spares/Mac/scanner/toolbox/chair (delete as
appropriate) behind you and banging you head on the floor ;). That mist
be why the lead that drains the excess charge from the screen is called
a 'fly-back' lead :).
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