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0 pointsmilcron9y ago0 comments

IIRC the cases were made out of magnesium. There are videos of lighting them aflame on youtube.

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gcb09y ago· 2 in thread

I recall the journalist wanting a pic for the cover of NeXT is dead edition. and even in a industrial oven he had a hard time igniting the magnesium. I think he never did. probably a magnesium alloy

aaronbrethorst9y ago

Oh, it burned: http://simson.net/hacks/cubefire.html

krylon9y ago

But still, he had to do a lot more than kick it.

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