5 Nov
2016
5 Nov
'16
6:34 p.m.
Around 1985, Tony Anderson of Intel gave me a tour of the Intel Scientific
Computers operations at their Oregon facility. At the time they were
building the 80286-based iPSC/1. Seemed like pretty neat stuff.
That was where I learned that one shouldn't stick one's hands into a
computer while wearing metal jewelry (rings, watches, etc.), even if only
low voltages are present. Fortunately I didn't have to learn it the hard
way.