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
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Date: 15 Jul 88 17:31:59 GMT
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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

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