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From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: A coupla 'deck questions.
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 22:59:56 +0930
>> Hmmm, I would doubt "that power could be sent via light on the
>> optical fibre". This would mean that a simple laser could be
>> used to supply power. No, I don't think that that is either
>> feasible or plausible.
>
> Ok then in that case: that's the way it is because FA$A said it was
> like that so deal with it :-/
>
Well...a cable, and for that matter, a plug, can have lots of wires in it.
Why not have a power cable running in parallel to the fibre-optic?

--
Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9 am,
it's because they were up all night.

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