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From: clive@ixi.UUCP (Clive)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Laptops and Airports
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Date: 5 May 89 14:02:05 GMT
References: <39382@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: clive@ixi.uucp (Clive Feather)
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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?  A colleague had his laptop passed through the metal
> detector and one raster-line of the display stopped working...  

I have a Toshiba T1200 laptop (20Mb hard disc).
London Heathrow Terminal 4 insist that it goes through the scanner - it
hasn't broken yet. All USA airports I have used, plus Kai-Tak (Hong Kong)
and Narita South Terminal (Tokyo) are happy to hand inspect, provided I
power it up.
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