Elektron Musical Instruments

On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 sid_6581@... wrote:

> there are three things i want to say/ask about the sidstation:
[...]
> 3. did you ever read the manual? [page 2, last point] "Avoid nuclear 
> explosions. The SID-chip might be harmed." Is that a joke? How should 
> something like that happen????
[...]

Nuclear explosions are no joke.  The SID-chip may be harmed, and you will
DEFINITELY see some sort of surface abrasion of the case.  Even the Ninja
model's black finish will not survive a nuclear explosion unscathed.

Also, even if the SID is spared the direct physical effects of a nuclear
explosion, chances are high that any corresponding electromagnetic pulse
(EMP) will have adverse effects on the subsequent performance of the
SID-chip itself and the SIDstation's auxiliary electronics.

There are rumours that Elektron has developed an EMP-shielded,
battle-hardened, helmet-mounted SIDstation* for military applications, but
these rumours are not substantiated.  Even this rumoured "military SID"
would probably not survive a direct nuclear blast, however, nor would it
provide suitable blast protection for its user.

* with a VIC-II display chip running video output to an eyepiece display
overlay (instead of the LCD), and wrist-mounted controllers, encoder, and
keypad

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R. Cliff Young <nukenin@...> /\/ Chaos Never Died
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