7 Dec
2000
7 Dec
'00
8:25 p.m.
At 04:20 PM 12/7/00 -0800, you wrote:
Could somebody please explain to me how flourescent
lamps work?
They put out a LOT of UV light.
So much so, that I thought that the name implied that they operated by a
coating that flouresced under UV.
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.
- John