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The question I have is why was the hardware capable of delivering a fatal dose like this. Is that actually ever even a usable output for some legitimate reason
by SirMaster 1y ago
The question I have is why was the hardware capable of delivering a fatal dose like this. Is that actually ever even a usable output for some legitimate reason?
If not, why not hardware limit the power input to the machine, so even if the software completely failed, it would not be physically capable of delivering a fatal dose like this?
- PokestarFan 1y agoI believe that for X-ray mode, the radiation was indirect, so it needed a lot more power. Furthermore, older revisions had hardware locks, and the intent of the Therac-25 was to make it cheaper.