Re: Computers and radiation

[Chris Hawkins <chawkins@inet.guthrie.org>]

Back in the 70's, I heard a few stories of people who put digital watches and
calculators under fluoroscopy and messed them up.  I never got any information
about doses.  Since it was always told as "A guy I know..." (it was never a
woman) these stories may be in the class of Urban Legends.

I believe that pacemakers show a dose-response curve that is inverse to the
level of IC transistor density.
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