Steve - Back in another life I used to serve on submarines. In those days virtually all of us smoked. Anyhow, prior to coming back into port after being underwater for a few months, we used to cleanup the ship. What I remember most was our white missile tubes in the Missile Compartment, they were Yellowish-Brown. As the missile tubes were wiped down with wet sponges, there would be big white streaks on the Yellowish-Brown tubes as the tar and nicotine was wiped off. If we only knew then what we know now. Now, I'm proud to be an ex-smoker for over 25 years, and for all you Technetters that like to take a big healthy drag on your cancer sticks, you'll be in my prayers. Ed Valentine Electronics Manufacturing Solutions 8612 Mourning Dove Road, Raleigh, NC 27615 Phone: (919) 270-5145, Fax: (919) 847-9971 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.ems-consulting.com From: "Stephen R. Gregory" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:41 PM Subject: [TN] Cigarette Smoke and Computers... > Hi all!! > > I've got a friend runs a company that provides computer systems and sets-up > networks for small businesses, who asked me if I knew of anything documented > about cigarette smoke damaging computers. > > He said that he sees problems all the time that he can relate to cigarette > smoke damage. For instance; the tar and nicotine sticks to everything which > attracts dust and contaminates to the insides, not to much of a problem on > the boards, but the optical drives get hammered. He'd like to be able to show > something documented instead of just him saying it, and asked if I knew of > anything documented...I'm gonna search at lunchtime, but I thought I'd also > ask the experts... > > Thanks! > > -Steve Gregory- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------