VCF East Video?

From: Kevin Handy <kth_at_srv.net>
Date: Mon Jul 26 15:11:59 2004

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Lyle Bickley wrote:
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>
>
>>On Monday 26 July 2004 09:01, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
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>>>Speaking of bandwidth issues, how much data can an ant carry? The little
>>>fuckers were streaming out of the data and phone port in my kitchen this
>>>morning.
>>>
>>>
>>A LOT. I've seen them carry large quantities of bits. I've noticed from time
>>to time chatting with you on the phone that your voice breaks up - now we
>>know the source - the nasty li'l ant bit stealers.
>>
>>
>
>They can also carry quite a bit of current I've just found out.
>
>Earlier I sprayed some insect death into the ports without first disabling
>the ports on my hub and phone system. I didn't think there would be an
>arcing issue, and there wasn't.
>
>Well, I just went to clean out the carcasses with the tip of a pencil
>(duh) and it arced something fierce (ok, in relative terms, but enough to
>light up when the ants started to combust) when I was trying to brush the
>dead ant remains across the pins. The ant bodies were definitely
>conducting through the pins. The second jack was an analog phone port
>and it started smoking when an ant's body made contact between the tip
>and ring!
>
>
>
OK; note to self: Stop using dead ants in circuits where fire or arcing
might
cause problems.

>Stupid critters.
>
>Fortunately there was no permanent damage. I just had to re-seat the
>digital line card in my PBX and all is well again :)
>
>
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Received on Mon Jul 26 2004 - 15:11:59 BST

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