Brian wrote: > >Hmmm. Having worked for a short period at Lawrence Livermore Labs I can > >say that I've only seen a few hundred Tempest shielded Mac's. All gov. > >agencies have them. > >Prevents snooping. > > With shielding added _inside_ the casing, Kyle, or with the metal cast > case?? If the latter then I, and anyone else who took the story at face > value, have been badly misled;> I really don't want to speculate on the number of Tempest shielded Mac's out there. Especially if Owen Linzmayer says that *he* has never heard of one. I suggest that the author try to get in touch with someone at Lawrence Livermore and see if he can get an answer. The Mac's I saw out there were "metallic silvery" looking. They were in a climate controlled room and I was only able to see them through the windows of the room (the windows had imbedded wire, but the view was clear). I asked my contact there and he told me they were Tempest Shielded Macs. That's all I can say as I wasn't allowed access to that room. There were a number of them. Having been to the Weird Stuff Warehouse many times, I find it hard to believe that such a "rare mac" would just be sitting on a pallet and was open for a purchase for $5. Even so, if one landed at Weird Stuff then maybe more are floating around. The problem with the situation is that they were most certainly used by top-secret agencies and were most likely destroyed after they ran their course, so that in itself would limit the number of them in existence today. There are a lot of prototype Macs out there. For example I had never seen one of these until a few days ago....and I used to work at Apple: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1342929621 -- ============================================================== Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple Solution Expert Macintosh Server Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================== ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
