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- From: davidb@zeus.ce.washington.edu (David W. Barts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo,comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Strange packaging technique
- Summary: I didn't know machine screws were static sensitive
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.234048.18002@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 23:40:48 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Sep2.234048.18002
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
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- In the HP400s to HP433s upgrade kit (A2043), we have three boxes: a
- motherboard box, an EISA adapter card box, and an accessory kit box.
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- The accessory kit box contains two plastic SIMM card guides, a
- metal backplane cover, and three machine screws. These are packed in
- -- you guessed it -- a specially-made piece of anti-static bubble
- wrap marked "CAUTION: Contents subject to damage by static
- electricity. DO NOT OPEN except at approved static-free workstations."
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- Do HP sites have a number of very large Tesla coils that generate
- sparks powerful to melt or vaporize these parts? Are they plagued
- by numerous lightning strikes? That anti-static bubble wrap must
- be pretty strong stuff if it can resist a lightning strike!
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- :-) :-) :-)
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- David Barts N5JRN UW Civil Engineering, FX-10
- davidb@ce.washington.edu Seattle, WA 98195
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