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Article #3848Re: Erasing magnetic media
From: Kenneth_R_Jongsma
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1987 01:49
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1987 01:49
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Others may be interested.... The actual requirement is that the media be written with at least 100 alternating 1/0 bits. i.e 11111 00000 11111, etc... Some media cannot be declassified. If memory serves, the old (still in use in the Minuteman system) core memory had to be destroyed.
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