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[Geoffrey]

James P. Kinney III wrote:

>> wimps.
> 
> 
> HEY!! We were more concerned about trashing the box! We actually cut 
> into live power lines on an extra machine to see if it was possible
> to add a pair of 3-prong plugs to support changing extension cords
> while we went down 5 flights of stairs, down 2 city blocks, across
> one heavily trafficked street, and then back down another flight of
> steps to the new lab room. The problem was electrical. Different
> supply lines had different voltages and different ground connections.
> We burned up 5 or 6 power supplies making the transitions between
> buildings. We considered running a REALLY long cord but the
> transition to the new building power was the impossible one. It was
> actually out of phase with the building across the street. So we
> would have needed a phase-modulating power supply to interface
> between the AC supply and the pc power supply. We had one in the
> department, but we were expressly forbidden from using it or any
> other equipment currently in use by any research professor on any 
> project.

So you had the means at your disposal to resolve the issue, yet you took 
the easy way out.... :)

> 
> And you called us wimps!

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Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net

Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft