OT: Microsoft in the medical field was Re: OT: video signal question

[Stan Barr]

Hi,

Glen Slick said:
> Patients have been killed by PDP-11 controlled medical devices:
> 
> http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/therac.pdf
> 
> (On topic too, this happened 20 years ago)

When I went to have my chest checked a few years ago (they had me 
breathing radioactive gas...) the imaging was done by a beige 
cube-shaped computer, about 18 inches on a side, using 8-inch floppies
(there were boxes of them on a shelf).  Unfortunately I couldn't sneak
round the other side to see the front panel.

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Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb at dial.pipex.com

The future was never like this!