Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!netnews.srv.cs.cmu.edu!abl From: abl@dart.ece.cmu.edu (Antonio Leal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Using laptops on airplanes Message-ID: Date: 30 Nov 90 12:24:21 GMT References: <160670@kean.ucs.mun.ca> <2236@abcom.ATT.COM> <1990Nov29.174818@tiger1.Prime.COM> Sender: netnews@cs.cmu.edu (USENET News Group Software) Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: barry@tiger1.Prime.COM's message of 29 Nov 90 22:48:18 GMT > I seem to recall a ban against using radios, but not laptops. Sounds right. Last time I flew, I had a CD player in my bag, at my feet, and headphones on (long cord ...). The flight attendant checked with me that it was _not_ a radio (tape or cd was ok). My guess is that the FM decoding intermediate frequency puts out enough noise in the bands they use. Or something ;-) -- Antonio B. Leal Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Bell: [412] 268-2937 Carnegie Mellon University Net: abl@ece.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA. 15213 U.S.A.