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From: pete@bally.Bally.COM (Pete Gregory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Diskettes under X-Ray
Summary: the xray itself might not be the problem
Message-ID: <128@bally.Bally.COM>
Date: 9 May 89 00:34:47 GMT
References: <10570@netnews.upenn.edu# <4588@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM# <1295@optilink.UUCP>
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Organization: Bally Systems, Reno, NV
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In article <1295@optilink.UUCP>, cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
> X-rays are the problem (too short a frequency to bother magnetic media) --
> it's the very large magnets used in SOME X-ray machines that can be
> the problem.
The motors that drive the belts that transport your goods through the xray
machines may in some cases emit quite a strong magnetic field.
> I never take chances.
Don't blame you.
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