Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!aftermath!water!ljdickey
From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey)
Subject: Re: Portfolio & Metal Detectors Qu?
Message-ID: <1990Jul6.205932.24637@water.waterloo.edu>
Keywords: Portfolio, Metal Detector, X-ray, Airport
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <10173@quest.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 90 20:59:32 GMT
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In article <10173@quest.UUCP> curt@quest.UUCP (Curtis S Gibson) writes:
>
>A friend of mine is travelling to Europe soon and plans to take her
>Portfolio with her.  What dangers will the Airport metal detectors
>and X-ray machines be to it?  Any horror or "Took a licking and
>keeps on ticking" stories.

I heard one horror story recently.  A friend of mine brought a portable
on the plane.  The X-ray operator took extra interest and scanned it
a couple of times.   After this it would not boot, because, apparently
the hard drive was wiped clean.  Best explanation I have heard yet is
this:  The X-rays themselves do not hurt the magnetic media, but the
focusing coils do.

Does anyone else know about problems like this?