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Subject: Re: Any problems with Portable PCs going through Airport Scanners?
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Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 16:07:29 EDT
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>Can anyone see any damage an airport scanner (the thing your bags go through)
>might have on a portable computer (Toshiba/NEC style) ?

I didn't know the definitive answer on this, and I didn't want to find
out the hard way just when I was reliant on my Z181 laptop, so I've
always insisted that they check it by hand.  Last december they must
have been new enough that the airports didn't know about them, and
security just checked them visually.  More recently, airport security
(at least in LAX and Dulles) have asked that I turn it on, and they
watch until something (anything) shows up on the screen.  So if you
have them check it by hand, it would probably be a good idea to make
sure the batteries are charged.