Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utah-gr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!pwa-b!utah-gr!thomas From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Electric vs Gas Message-ID: <1366@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 03:11:02 EST Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1366 Posted: Tue Mar 5 03:11:02 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 09:07:14 EST References: <145@magic.ARPA> <1377@orca.UUCP> Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Distribution: net Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept Lines: 20 Summary: Ovens are hot In article <1377@orca.UUCP> richp@orca.UUCP (Richard Philofsky) writes: >Also, I like gadgets and looked for ovens which offer microprocessor >control. Something with the intelligence of my $12.00 digital wrist >alarm watch. THERE WAS NOTHING!!! In fact I could not find one which used >a digital clock. All used the wheels of digits you only see in reruns >of Star Trek. Time to market for ovens must be several years. Did you ever consider the fact that it tends to get quite hot in the immediate vicinity of an oven? The self-cleaning cycle would probably fry a "chip" if it was sitting where stove clocks sit. I'm sure there's a good reason they stick with the "old reliable" mechanical methods, after all, microwave ovens certainly have gone the micro route, so it's not like stove manufacturers don't use them where they can. -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) "A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use" - Washington Irving