24 Jul
2001
24 Jul
'01
3:53 p.m.
Speaking of microwaves...
My roommate and I at Caltech used our microwave last year for all kinds of
fun... EPROMs, with the little window in the top, make a very impressive
orange glow. Dead lightbulbs can make greens, reds, and purples (don't
leave them in too long or they'll break, though). The best, however, is a
couple of sticks of 0.5mm pencil lead; that makes a bright orange/red glow
and the occasional ball of plasma. :-) By the end of the year the glass
cooking dish was shattered into a dozen pieces by the intense
heating/cooling cycles, and there were scorch marks everywhere, but it
still cooked just fine. Fortunately for the new tenants, the microwave was
getting replaced anyway, so we took it with us.
The rest of the apartment took quite a beating as well. :-)
ObClassicCmp: That apartment also saw a lot of dumpster-flux: junked
computers and electronics dragged home, scavenged, and the scraps going
back to the dumpster. Thus began my collection with a couple of
SparcStations and some rackmount chassis.
-Rob
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com
wrote:
Of course, two seconds in the microwave on
"high" completely destroys
them *all*!
Some people have crumbs in their microwave ovens (I do). Tim apparently
has melted plastic and resin compounds in his, with probably smoke
streaks.
I'd hate to cook a meal in your kitchen :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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