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Article #15025Re: Laptop Tops
From: Bob Myers
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:25
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:25
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> From "The Flash" A Blacklighting Publications 800-252-2599, page 18, Fall 1992
>
> "Careful of closing laptop computers with the LCD displays when
> the computer is running or hot. The scree is made of liquid crystals
> and overheating can change their electrical propoerties and even their
> chemical structure. Once changed, the crystals may moose the ability
> to display information. Major bummer."
Yeah, moosing your crystals is a major no-no. Sounds like what happens
when New Age religion meets Bullwinkle.
Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.
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From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:25:13 GMT Subject: Re: Laptop Tops Message-ID: <7480146@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hpscdm!hplextra!hpfcso!myers Newsgroups: sci.electronics References: <1992Nov17.170441.27366@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> Lines: 15