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- From: afo@apollo.HP.COM (Aaron Oppenheimer)
- Subject: Re: OK to pass diskette through airport X-ray?
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:19:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.175344.29306@rosevax.rosemount.com>, aj@lew.rosemount.com (Andy Joe) writes:
- |> Can somebody explain what an x-ray machine will do to the magnetics
- |> on a diskette? Also, what about the lead bags that can be used for
- |> sheilding the x-rays from fogging photographic film? Will this work
- |> also?
- |>
- |> aj.
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- From what I understand, the x-rays themselves don't do anything. It's
- the magnets in the conveyor belt motors that can screw up your disks.
- So, lead bags wouldn't do anything.
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- I have run bare hard drives through the machines without problems
- though. It was either that, or "We have to look inside there sir. Bob,
- get me a screwdriver."
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