Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ulysses!hector!eric From: eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: X-Ray detectors and Tapes Message-ID: <10449@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 15 Jul 88 17:31:59 GMT References: <588@bnlux0.bnl.gov> Sender: netnews@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com Reply-To: eric@hector (Eric Lavitsky) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 22 In article <588@bnlux0.bnl.gov> larese@bnlux0.UUCP (john z larese) writes: >My question is, do any magnetic fields exist in either equipment >that might be high enough to damage Mag tapes? > >Sorry if this isn't the right newsgroup, but this seemed to be >a general question. > >John Larese I have had a videotape destroyed by a metal detector, but never by an X-Ray machine. I believe that in reality, metal detectors throw off strong magnetic fields that will erase magnetic media while X-Rays will ony harm photographic material. X-Ray machines haven't damaged floppies on me yet... Eric ARPA: eric@topaz.rutgers.edu or eric@ulysses.att.com UUCP: {wherever!}ulysses!eric or {wherever!}rutgers!topaz!eric SNAIL: 34 Maplehurst Ln, Piscataway, NJ 08854 "To err is human; To really f*ck up requires the root password."