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From: ray3rd@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ray E. Saddler III)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Laptops and Airports [can x-ray harm anything?]
Summary: I dunno, but I won't allow mine to pass a detector!
Message-ID: <2632@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 89 16:32:45 GMT
References: <39382@bbn.COM>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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In article <39382@bbn.COM>, cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:
? Does anyone know what impact the airport security systems can have on
? a portable computer?
? 
? In particular: 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?
? 
Well, I don't have an answer for you, but I've always made it
apolicy to pass tapes & disks across the table rather than go thru
the x-ray machine.

I've never been forced to send my Compaq lunchbox 286 or Zenith
laptop thru the x-ray either, but I'v always been required to power
them up.  These days the security policies may be much more strict
(I've read that there may be a ban for a while) but I'll be glad to
let them open up my machine as long as they agree to be responsible
for any damage.  But that's another story!

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