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- From: gordon@maxwell.uwaterloo.ca (Gordon R. Strachan)
- Subject: Re: Strange packaging technique
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Sep2.234048.18002@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:27:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.234048.18002@u.washington.edu> davidb@zeus.ce.washington.edu (David W. Barts) writes:
- >
- >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.
- >
- >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."
- >
- >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!
- >
- >:-) :-) :-)
-
- Heh heh...
-
- The one I always like is the packing lists that list everything in the box
- including the packing list itself! It even has its own HP part number. HP
- paper work, you gotta love it! :-)
-
- Gordon
-
- PS
- Does anybody still have that old "story" about ordering lunch in the HP
- cafateria? It was around about 2 years and I lost my copy.
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