[milcron]

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

[gcb0]

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]

Oh, it burned: http://simson.net/hacks/cubefire.html

[krylon]

But still, he had to do a lot more than kick it.