Insects

[Volition]

Heh eh h ah h ha h ha eh he ..................... ahhhhhhhhh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Harry Bissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
To: Volition <prospective_volition at hotmail.com>
Cc: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Insects


> This often happens as equipment ages. Those are "Software Bugs"...
> usually they are held in check by the little paper or plastic labels on
> the E-PROMS. As these get old, they dry out and slowly the bugs
> are able to escape.  The fix is to get new labels and paste them over
> the
> little windows in the PROMS. This makes the bugs go back to sleep.
> 
> AVOID the temptation to try to fix the bugs the "old fashioned" way.
> This involves carefully cracking the little window open (just a crack
> don't
> let them get out or they will crawl into all your M****soft stuff...)
> and then
> spray them with DDT.  Its really hard to get the right pesticides
> today... so its
> better to let "sleeping bugs lie".
> 
> You can also expose them to UV light but if you overexpose then the
> PROM is toast. Don't go there !!!
> 
> H^) <silly mode off>
> 
> Volition wrote:
> 
> > Anyone know what these bugs are that I see crawling about my
> > equipment. Sneaky little buggers, I try to blow them off or squash
> > them but they scurry down into a fader or down the side of the alpha
> > dial .... heh .... I faintly recall someone telling me about bugs that
> > thrive off the electrical fields, sounds like something out of a
> > sci-fi movie, perfect. Thanks Vol
> 
>