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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Laptops and Airports
Message-ID: <4357@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 3 May 89 19:11:44 GMT
References: <39382@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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In article <39382@bbn.COM> cosell@BBN.COM (Bernie Cosell) writes:
}... CAN the metals detectors harm microcircuits?  How about the
}xray machine... can zapping a laptop hurt it?  Does the answer change if the
}laptop has, say, an internal hard disk?

One thing is pretty certain. _At best_, these systems will do the computer
no good.

X-rays are unlikely to damage magnetic media.  However, x-rays are focused
with big magnets.  I wouldn't run a magnetic disk through an x-ray machine
if I could help it.

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