I know this is getting WAY off-topic, but to get it slightly back
on-topic....
If you would happen to barf on your , say, C64, would it damage any of the
traces on the motherboard or the keyboard?
<sorry - couldn't resist:)>
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> From: Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser_at_oa.ptloma.edu>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: dishwasher + mainboards
> Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 10:05 AM
>
> ::Last time I vomitted, some of that stomach acid came up exactly the
same
> ::path as it would have to go down if I drank it.
>
> Your stomach also does not contain *just* dilute HCl. You're also barfing
up
> a buffered solution (all the electrolytes in the food you eat), a gunk of
> mucus (I can't believe I'm writing this before breakfast) which further
> retards acid action, and food which usually is slightly alkaline itself.
> Moreover, the pH 3 in your stomach is needed only to activate enzymes
like
> trypsin and pepsin from their inert state. It's not like your entire
stomach
> is a bubbling pit of acid; most of the catalytic activity is performed by
the
> enzymes, or else you would break things like proteins into inorganic or
> elemental compounds instead of the amino acids and monosaccharides you
need.
>
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Received on Tue Oct 13 1998 - 14:37:44 BST