Re: Airport X-rays & Computers

[TDC@ehssun.lbl.gov]

With regards to x-rays zapping the eprom ---- NO WAY!

I was asked this question a few years ago and didn't THINK there would be a
problem - BUT wanting to be sure - I programmed up a few eproms and exposed
to x-rays in stages up to 1 megarad!

I found NO loss of information.

Personally I think HP has always over stated the fragility of their
printers to all sorts of things - starting with the days of claiming a
mechanical parallel port switch would damage the printer port.

Ted de Castro
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