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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:50:36 +0200
From: Julian Howard Stacey <Julian.H.Stacey@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
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> Its motherboard, always been somewhat flakey
....
> The aging 1742 in it that had also finally
> decided that its natural lifespan had been exceeded 

You guys _do_ use static wrist straps when performing surgery ?
And check your power supplies  with DVMs (at the very least) ?
(if this answer springs to mind:
	"yes & we tie our shoe laces real tight ;-)"
perhaps it would be a good time to go drink 2 capuccino with some VLSI 
fabricator friends, I guess they'd know either way what is really necessary :-)

Julian S