7 Dec
2000
7 Dec
'00
8:52 p.m.
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, John Foust wrote:
Yes, of course that's how flourescent lamps work.
I think
they even still have mercury vapor in them. However, I questioned
whether the dinky little lamp in a scanner would zap a windowed
(and presumably stickered) EEPROM.
Ahhh!
Thank you for the explanation. The issue then is not whether they
produce UV, but whether the amount of UV is enough to be a potential
problem.