Re: computer hypothermia -- help!

[Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

on Thu, 26 Dec 2002 12:24:18AM -0600, Kent West insinuated:
> Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> 
> >right ... i forgot to mention (important, i realize) that not only
> >was [the computer] in the car for 4 days, it was also in the car
> >when it hit a deer going quite fast. 
> >  
> >
> 
> So, how fast was the deer going?   ;-)

:)  well, i'm not sure, but it was directly orthogonal to the
direction i was going in, at highway speeds ...

seriously, can an impact like that fry a computer?  i've made backups
and am going to fool aroud with connections in the morning, but i'm
wondering what i'm looking at here ... it seems kind of dire.  :(

</nori>

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