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Re: Considering getting an SGI indigo

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From: Jim De Arras
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 02:50
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In article <BvproJ.Gzq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu  
(Iskandar Taib) writes:
> In article <1992Oct04.085731.4924@microsoft.com> jhenshaw@microsoft.com (Jeff  
Henshaw) writes:
> 
> >This is what the 1993 NeXT product catalog has to say on
> >the subject:
> >
> >	"REGULATIONS
> >
> >	 - UL478, CSA 220, and IEC950
> >	   (EN60950) product safety
> >	   requirements
> >
> >	 - FCC Class A, VCCI Class 1, CISPR-22
> >	   Class A (EN550022) EMI
> >	   requirements"
> >      
> >What does all of this mean?  I'm not exactly sure, but it
> >applies to the NeXT Cube, NeXTstation, NeXTstation color,
> >and NeXTstation turbo models (ie - all of them).  I hope
> >this provides more information...
> 
> Means you can't use it at home. 
> 

Nope.  That means it can't be marketed for home use.  And if you chose to use  
it at home, you have no protection to claims of inteference from neighbors,  
you'll simply have to turn it off.  A concern really only in apartment  
buildings, and close houses.

> Unfortunately.
> 
> Class A is for office and industrial use only.
> 
> Now you _could_ build a Faraday cage  9-)
> 
> 
> -- 
>  
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