Invisible wrote:
> Weeee... and *this* is why I'm not sure I want to work on military 
> crypto devices. :-}

About a decade later, the military developed a solid-state (discrete 
transistors packaged into modules) piece of equipment which occupied 
only half on an equipment rack, and it ran in the kilohertz range. 
Later, stuff that runs at T-1 speeds, and occupies one-tenth of the 
rack, came into service (and remains in service).

The half-rack systems were finally dismantled in the early nineties, 
after seeing nearly three decades of service, but the remaining stuff, 
when it is adequate to the requirements at hand, is still in use (and, 
BTW, is very reliable).

Regards,
John

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Invisible wrote:
> indescribably delightful sound as it CRUNCHES through helpless little 

The best sound I heard was some sort of flourescent light bulb shredder 
hooked to basically a shop-vac. You can imagine the sound of sucking 
destruction that entailed when nom-nom-nomming a 6-foot long light bulb.

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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Helpful housekeeping hints:
   Check your feather pillows for holes
    before putting them in the washing machine.

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