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Re: Glass sided computer cases

From Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: Glass sided computer cases
Date 2025-01-07 00:16 +1100
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On 6/1/2025 10:35 pm, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> On 6/1/25 11:49, Mighty Mouse wrote:
>>
>> Many cases now have glass sides. but what about radiation from the 
>> components inside? cases were all metal to shield radiation.
>>
> No, they weren't.
> 
> At least not to protect against "radiation from the components".
> 
> Shielding components /from/ radiation, yes, but even CSIRAC at full tilt 
> couldn't generate an alpha particle!
> 
>      Cheers,
>          Gary    B-)

Yeah, same as the ECU and other parts of car computers are shielded from 
*external radiation*. Back in the early days of fuel injection, certain 
cars had problems driving near or past AM/FM radio towers. A colleague's 
Commodore didn't like the towers in (IIRC) Lower Plenty, Vic. The car 
would run like a bag of shit until he was sufficiently out of range.

https://www.tti.com/content/dam/ttiinc/products/Verticals/transportation/resources/987652-0013.pdf

And it's an ongoing battle.  ;-)

-- 
Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
       (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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Glass sided computer cases Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-06 11:49 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2025-01-06 16:06 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 15:11 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-01-06 18:23 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-01-06 19:36 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 15:12 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2025-01-06 22:35 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-01-07 00:16 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 15:14 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-01-07 07:18 +1000
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      Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-01-08 06:54 +1000
        Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-08 11:28 +1100
          Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-01-08 11:12 +1000
          Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2025-01-08 13:38 +1000
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