Re: Fw: TI-H: Russian roulette
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Re: Fw: TI-H: Russian roulette
You all think you've felt high voltage. I've drawn sparks from over 18
inches, which equals a voltage difference of over 1.5 million volts.
Luckily the amperage was quite low.
Brandon May
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Grant Stockly wrote:
>
> >From: Jon Mullen <mullen@electricstoat.com>
> >>Hi. A friend of mine made a Russian Roulette program, but it's kinda
> >>boring if it only prints "You win" or "you lose." Is there any way I
> >>could rig up a thing that slightly electrocutes the player if he loses?
> >
> >
> >"slightly electorcutes"? Electrocuted is electrocuted dude, and
> >electrocuted is dead.
>
> :\ I've had 70volts at 300kHz go through my ear once. :)
>
>
> >Now if you want to just SHOCK them, thats different...
> >
> >>Something that hooks up to the link port...?
> >
> >
> >Well, for electrocution you could get a big 15kv 220ma neon sign
> >transformer and hook the output electroids to the sides of the chest,
> >about six inches below the armpit. Get a big relay with a 5v coil and
> >hook the NST up through it and to the calc, there you go, death by
> >TI calculator.
> >
> >Alternately, you could get one of those cheap disposable cameras
> >with a flash and extract the flash unit. Remove the flash bulb and attach
> >the electroids to two fingers. Charge that sucker up and trigger it, ought
> >to be enough to knock you on your ass. For less kick you can replace
> >the discharge caps with smaller capacitance (be sure to get high enough
> >voltage rating tho). You could halve the kick by getting two units and
> >using
>
> We did that to one guy in health class last year. It was one of those
> kodak ones. We just put it on the table in front of him and he picked it
> up and started playing with it in the middle of class and right in the
> middle of a lecture be bolted out of his chair and started screaming. It
> was soooo funny. :)
>
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