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Re: Useful Tesla technology...



Original poster: "Teri Mckenney by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mck-at-ezy-dot-net>

Hi Terry,
My kid plays a war game called "Red Alert" which features a tesla coil as a
weapon.(on the soviet disk)
B. Mck.
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Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Useful Tesla technology...


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Do they actually call them "Tesla coils" in the game and all that?  I hope
> the game portrays Tesla coils as "good things".  Don't want people to be
> afraid of Tesla coils because that what the bad guys used in a video game
:-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>
> At 06:51 PM 2/16/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >...Irrelevent or off topic, but going on from an earlier thread of useful
> >technology from our hobby...
> >At 39 years old, having a bit of an escape-ism from reality, I'm on
episode
> >5 part 2 of Return to Wolfenstien.
> >Guess what? The Nazis are using Tesla technology... True, they're using
> >energy from coils to power life forms and protect entrances from
intruders.
> >In fact, the streamer animation at doorways is very like that of a VTTC
and
> >very realistic. Wonder if one of the game programmers reads this list?
:o)
> >Anyway, back to the land of dreams and will keep you informed of whether
the
> >coil (there must ultimately be one in the game) is conical, tubular or a
> >flat spiral and if the Nazis use an MMC or bottle cap. :o)
> >Cheers, Mark H.
> >
>
>
>