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> Thus spaketh Ivor Jones:

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> > The fire risk from a PC is relatively small. The
> > biggest risk is from the monitor, although that is less
> > now that flat screens are becoming common. I once had
> > an old CRT monitor burst into flames in front of my
> > eyes, that plug got pulled out pretty quick..!!
>
> Was that an Amstrad monitor, they were known to catch
> fire, we used to get loads of them in with all the
> plastic melted.

I don't recall ofhand, it was about 10 years ago. It wasn't a badged one
of any of the well known names like Dell or Compaq though, IIRC it was
just a cheapo one from a computer fair.

Ivor