now there's a good head crash

[Jason McBrien]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj at wps.com>
To: <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 2:27 PM
Subject: now there's a good head crash
<SNIP>
> DAMN RIGHT! Crappy PC/Mac hardware with stupid power cubes! At
> least CRTs can give you a shock, these wimpy laptop things
> barely hurt when used as bludgeons.

Most dangerous hardware in my collection:

DEC RA82 Hard Drive - With that big AC motor and pully, I'm sure it would
take your arm off if you ventured inside.

Quadex Q5000 Mini - Even grounded properly, touching the sides gives you a
nasty shock. Fortunately you don't have
 to touch it much once it's running.

HP 7XXX plotter - gave me a  nasty papercut once while I prematurely grabbed
at it's output.