22 Feb
1999
22 Feb
'99
7:35 a.m.
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, William Donzelli wrote:
Post 1960 CRTs are actually quite tough and will
sustain a great deal of
physical abuse. When they break, the neck shatters first and lets all the
air in. The days of the nasty implosions due to no safety glass are gone.
Hm. You're certain? I have this disembodied memory of seeing a box in my
parents' shed in the early '80s, with an implosion hazard warning
emblazoned on. I'm fairly sure it was the box for their old TRS-80 Model
III, but it is possible it belonged to their Zenith TV they'd just bought.
Maybe it was just a bozo-warning.
ok
r.