Re: TI-H: Inside TI83

Subject: Re: TI-H: Inside TI83
From: zarquon@gaianet.net <zarquon@gaianet.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 12:38:06 -0500
In-Reply-To: <TI-H: Inside TI83>

TI>>That's a good idea, but be careful when ripping apart your watch.  A
TI>small
TI>>piece of radioactive material is what creates the light and would not be
TI>a
TI>>really good thing to play with.  :)
TI>>                        BlakLite
TI>Radioactive?!? I was not aware of that. . .  Is Timex trying to nuke us
TI>all with Indiglo :-)?


       I think he is referring to the watches with tritium and (on the
really old ones) radium as the luminescent material.  Those (esp.
Radium) give off radiation; however, the mini-bulbs are small
incandescents.. I'm not quite sure what Indiglo is, but it doesn't glow
constantly, only when current is applied, so my guess is that it isn't.


Zarquon
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