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Article #8108Re: Air travel and hard drives
From: Alen Shapiro
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1989 00:39
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1989 00:39
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In article <1989Nov15.190945.22443@ccu.umanitoba.ca> ens@ccu.UManitoba.CA () writes: >I frequently send my hard disk the through airline X-ray security system. >Disks are magnetic media; X-rays cause no damage. Now there's a question I've been wanting an answer to for a long time and it's related to the one answered above. Not do X-Rays cause magnetic media any harm but do X-rays cause electronic circuitry any harm. From "knock-on-protons" to surface static discharges. Any physicists out there? What about weather radar in the nose cones of certain small commuter airliners right next to the forward baggage compartment!!. --alen the Lisa slayer (it's a long story)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!shadooby!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!ucsd!nosc!crash!alen From: alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Air travel and hard drives Message-ID: <737@crash.cts.com> Date: 20 Nov 89 00:39:25 GMT References: <974@dutrun.UUCP> <912@etsu.CMI.COM> <1989Nov7.174155.192@eplrx7.uucp> <677@crash.cts.com> <1989Nov15.190945.22443@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Reply-To: alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro) Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA Lines: 12