ray3rd@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ray E. Saddler III) (05/03/89)
In article <39382@bbn.COM>, cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:
? Does anyone know what impact the airport security systems can have on
? a portable computer?
?
? In particular: CAN the metals detectors harm microcircuits? How about the
? xray machine... can zapping a laptop hurt it? Does the answer change if the
? laptop has, say, an internal hard disk?
?
Well, I don't have an answer for you, but I've always made it
apolicy to pass tapes & disks across the table rather than go thru
the x-ray machine.
I've never been forced to send my Compaq lunchbox 286 or Zenith
laptop thru the x-ray either, but I'v always been required to power
them up. These days the security policies may be much more strict
(I've read that there may be a ban for a while) but I'll be glad to
let them open up my machine as long as they agree to be responsible
for any damage. But that's another story!
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