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From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Paul Pathiakis via freebsd-questions wrote:

> I guess I'm just that old. ;-)

Hey, at least the old ASR-33 has gone to meet its maker. Figuratively 
speaking.

[snip]

> Get this, the main junction breaker, was a piece of bimetallic chunk 
> of metal 1500 kVA circuit designed to melt upon overload.  *shiver*)

I believe that is called a "fuse." I'm an electrical engineer who 
doesn't know much about CompSci, so I may have the jargon wrong.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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