miscord@hubcap.clemson.edu (Michael Scordilis) (08/16/90)
My Mac SE/30 and I will be crossing the Atlantic soon on a big airplane. I am sure there are others that have gone through it. I wonder if anybody can help out with some questions that I have: 1. I will carry the SE/30 in its I/O Design Bag into the plane. Are they going to refuse entry to the Mac because it does not fit under the seat? (Let alone it won't have a ticket) 2. How does the internal hard drive and floppies react to the X-Ray machines and metal detectors? (I will have the contents of the HD backed up in floppies just in case). 3. Does laying the Mac on its back throughout the trip, make it sick? Any other tips you folks can think of, please send them to me. I would appreciate it and will summarize them. Thanks in advance, Michael Scordilis miscord@hubcap.clemson.edu
max@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Max Tardiveau) (08/18/90)
I took my Mac Plus from Europe to here. I had no problem at all.
Ask a steward to put your Mac in a special place they have for
voluminous carry-on baggage. If you tell them it's a computer,
they'll usually know what to do.
I had no problem with my HD going through X-rays. At first,
I didn't want to put it through the machine, but the security
people refused to let me through without either putting through
the X-ray machine, opening it, or having it run.
Need I suggest numerous backups ?
In my experience, Macs are fairly solid beasts. They seem to break
only when you're working on this 150-page paper you haven't saved yet.
Hope this helps.
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