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In article <7480046@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
>internal degaussers are
>simply not strong enough to do the job.  (They're really intended to keep the
>"normal" build-up of magentism down.)  You will very likely have to get a
>degaussing coil and perform a manual degaussing.
These coils are about 9 inches in diameter, and usually have a pushbutton.
procedure:  first, put your wallet (with your ATM and credit cards) in some
distant safe place.  Plug in the degaussing coil.  You probably should turn
the monitor off.  A few feet away from the monitor, activate the coil.
Then move it to the monitor screen and move it around in circular motions.
Wiggle it around several times.  Then move the coil away about 6 feet
before you turn it off.  And be sure to do all of this quicky before the
coil gets real hot!  The coil should have instructions for degaussing
your color TV (which in this respect is the same as your monitor).
ALSO IMPORTANT!***  DO NOT degauss near your computer with your hard drive,
or you may wipe out your data!  Also take that plastic box of floppies 
away from the area too!
>
>(The Voice of Experience Speaketh: When degaussing, bring ye not thy credit
>cards, ATM cards, etc., near to thy coil, or passeth thy coil near to thy
>wallet, lest ye be shunned by the Wizards of Electronic Finance forevermore!)

I'm forever a bit paranoid about demagnatizing my ATM card.  If I do, then
I can't get money out of the bank anymore (seem to remember some sort of
manual method of getting money from a human in the bank, but I can't 
remember how it is done. (-:  ).  We have lots of magnets holding stuff
on the metal walls of this place, luckly mostly not at wallet level.
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