Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!well!espen From: espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Airlines -new regulations say you must x-ray? Message-ID: <2330@well.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Jan-87 00:52:09 EST Article-I.D.: well.2330 Posted: Sat Jan 10 00:52:09 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 06:38:29 EST References: <2130@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP> Distribution: world Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 14 Summary: Airport X-ray scanners will not damage the Mac In article <2130@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP>, cjn@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) writes: > There's an article in the moderated group (by Raines Cohen) that was talking > about new regulations for bringing computers past the checkpoints. It > appears that they must either be checked or x-rayed. Does anyone else > have any other information about this, or the effects of letting them > zap the mac? (I did this once. I had the mac in the original box, and > let them run it through their machines without thinking what was in > that box. Nothing happend to it, but was I just lucky?) The X-ray scanners at airports will not damage your Mac in any way. I have sent mine through them many times. Floppies should probably not go through the scanners. I usually just hand them to the security attendant and let them take the disks around the machine. espen