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

• gcb0 10y ago
  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
  • aaronbrethorst 10y ago
    Oh, it burned: http://simson.net/hacks/cubefire.html http://simson.net/hacks/cubefire.html
    • krylon 10y ago
      But still, he had to do a lot more than kick it.