On topic: Serious static problem

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Fri Dec 4 23:56:49 1998

Don Maslin wrote:
>
> On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
>
> > Athanasios Kotsenos wrote:
> > >
> > > >What I do now is keep a wrist-strap and a
> > > >box of Bounce dryer sheets (don't laugh) in my jockey box.
> > >
> > > Sorry, but what do the Bounce sheets do?
> >
> > Probably nothing useful. They serve the purpose when inserted in a
> > dryer the Downey does in the washer, chemically treating fabric so as
> > to reduce static electricity. In a vehical, there would be little
> > effect.
>
> Unless, of course, he were to tumble it end over end...

Been there, done that. Static electricity was not high on my list
of concerns at the time. Rather glad I wasn't sharing the car with
an S-100 system, now that I think on it. Though shortly before I'd
been turned down for a loan to get $12,000 worth of Cromemco gear
and assorted peripherals (early 1979).
-- 
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Received on Fri Dec 04 1998 - 23:56:49 GMT

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