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RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers

Summary by tedium.co
The reason that the PC industry first landed on the FCC’s radar had little to do with the computers themselves and everything to do with the electrical noise they emitted. Blame the CB radio.Today in Tedium: Could we pin this all on C.W. McCall? In the early 1980s, the personal computer industry had a big problem—they were feeling perhaps their first-ever bout of regulation from a federal agency. The regulatory body in question? The Federal Comm…
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tedium.co broke the news in on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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