Scented ICs

[[22Hz] Productions]

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Matthew S. Padden wrote:

> This reminded me of a spoof paper published a while ago, that gave a 
> detailed theory on how smoke was actually the prime force in electronic 
> circuits, _not_ electrons, etc. This explained the fact that, if the smoke 
> escapes, the circuit stops working properly.....

	Funny, I let the smoke out of my Speak'n'Spell when I was 6; it 
started speaking dutch, belched, and there wsa the smoke. Since then 
(until I was about 9, when I learned better) I seriously thought 
electronics ran on smoke. I was sure that when my father talked about 
'smoke capsules' for his Lionel train, he meant batteries. (That's how I 
learned the truth; I brought him a C battery when he asked for his smoke 
pellets one day. =))

	Jason