The PC's Soviet?

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Wed Apr 15 21:43:27 1998

>EMP - ElectroMagnetic Pulses. This is the electrical wave that is the
result
>of a nuclear detonation. Vacuum tubes aren't the only way to "harden" a
>curcuit against this. The usual and practical way to protect against this
is
>to armor the electronics and all connecting cables. I worked with the Short
>range Attack Missile (SRAM), Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), Sea
>Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) and Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM) for many
>years. I'm all too familiar with using a megohm meter to check resistance
>between the body and covers of equipment made to protect against EMP.
Vacuum
>tubes are good at a distance.
Anyone seen Goldeneye? ;-) So that part about the MiG's crashing and that
helicopter not... fake?
>> I wouldn't care to run a business with a Russian built computer though...
>
>I'm starting to wonder about Taiwan made as well....
Just as Max can vouch for the USSR, I can/cannot for Taiwan. They've got
good heads on their shoulders, but they think that it's American not to use
them. That will be their downfall.
    Tim D. Hotze
Received on Wed Apr 15 1998 - 21:43:27 BST