[rescue] mysterious hard hangs, two different sun4m's

[Tim H.]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez <lefa at cats.ucsc.edu> wrote:

> Theoretically the PC case is supposed to be a Faraday box, the fact
> that it picked up the E field from a nearby powergrid would be enough
> to allow you to report the manufacturer to the FCC. This is why I am
> always tempted to report Fry's whenever I see one of those transparet
> FeeCee cases on display.... 

Actually, the FCC doesn't care if your PC picks up noise, it only cares
if it broadcasts noise.  THe official language is something to the
effect "(1)this device may not cause harmful interference (2) this
device must accept any interference received including interference that
may cause undesired operation.  FCC doesn't regulate receivers, other
than who may listen in on what frequencies, they regulate transmitters.

Tim