RE: Some Video fun from The Geek Group

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Original poster: "Chris Boden" <cboden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'm going to re-create the original as best I can without making it a 3-day
project. I'll use one side of Gemini (the original was done with a standard
10kVA coil, Gemini is a Bipolar coil of the same power rating). I'll even
use a duplicate (possibly the exact same, I can't tell) blue plastic 55-Gal
drum as the testing platform.

The computer will be of newer vintage though. The original was a Compaq that
was running Win98. I'll be doing it with a PIII-800 Gateway, and perhaps
even a laptop if I can scrounge one to sacrifice on the altar of the
screaming electron.

I'll do the shoot this week and with editing and prod it should be public in
7-10 days, less if I can get my producer to finish the piece he's doing.

If anyone's interested in seeing the experiment performed in person let me
know and I'll see if I can coordinate schedules.

Things like this are why EVERYONE WHO IS READING THIS should take a look at
being a member of The Geek Group ;) If you're reading this, yer a Geek, just
accept it. Come and have some fun!

http://www.thegeekgroup.org/page/member.php
Fill it out, membership is free.

Chris Böden
President
The Geek Group / Applied Intellect
www.thegeekgroup.org
Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!

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Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 21:28
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Subject: Re: Some Video fun from The Geek Group

Original poster: "Mark Broker" <mbroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

2001....

All the metal in the cases kept things from
dying.  We did have to remove the cover and start
pulling IDE cables over the top of the case
before it finally died.  Of course, that was 486
vintage, so who knows if that had any
affect.  The keyboard, which did recieve some
direct strikes to it or the cable did stop
working almost immediately.  I don't remember if
it had a sound card or not.  Given that the only
unshielded, ungrounded cord that is likely
connected to a computer is the audio, I'm not at
all suprised that the sound card is the first
thing to go.  (I'd think the second to be network.)

There's video somewhere and some stills floating around somewhere. . . .

Mark Broker

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:12:57 -0600, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Original poster: "Chris Boden" <cboden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Yes, I remember.
>
>And so will Paul Kidwell, Scott Coppersmith, Mark Broker, and a couple
dozen
>other people. We did that at The Geek Group's Teslathon in 2001 or 2002. It
>was done at our Sigma-6 Labs using a 10kVA coil built by Scott.
>
>And, for the record, the computer did NOT ignite on it's own. We hit it
with
>direct arcs to the motherboard (removed the case cover) several times and
>all it did was reboot into safe mode.
>
>It DID ignite later, but that's after we got determined to kill it and
added
>some chemical assistance.
>
>I'll recreate the demo in a couple days and shoot come video for everyone.
>
>Chris Böden
>President
>The Geek Group / Applied Intellect
>www.thegeekgroup.org
>Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!