It's 1975!!!

> You have an

microcomputer controlled  circuit.

>  breadboarded on the workbench. It's showing
> symptoms of

all sorts of strange things.
oscillation, and the ...  shows a ...

> After several hours of head-scratching, circuit simulation,
> pen-and-paper recalculation and so forth, you decide to give up and take
> a breather. You

-  turn the desk lamp off...
- or throw your lab notebook on top of said circuit
- or ...

> And the circuit springs into life, the MCU boots, proclaims that

all is well in the State of Denmark ...

>  ... and proceeds to display perfectly
> valid ...

> The

- lamp in question
- room fluorescents
- ...

>  was later found to be

affecting the UV eraseable EPROM via the uncovered erasure window.
So! Those stickers DO serve a purpose.

Doh!
Some crimes, only the suspects change with the passing of the years.



             Russell McMahon
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