From: aebrain@a...
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:27:40 +1100
Subject: RE: [FT] Crayons
> >The issue of graphite dust and sensitive electronics Crayon is usally based on a wax medium. Which outgasses, and gums up things. > What's really scary isn't the fact that the The R&D on the pen wasn't charged for, the guy who did it had a lot of cash, and did it out of interest. IIRC he sold about 200 pens at $450 each, enough to cover costs of manufacture, not amortise the R&D.