[FT] Crayons

1 posts ยท Oct 31 2001

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.