12 Apr
2010
12 Apr
'10
4:21 p.m.
From: cclist at sydex.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:43:02 -0700
Subject: Re: Use mini CDR for equipment info?
On 12 Apr 2010 at 21:10, Tony Duell wrote:
Exactly. Yea, how many times have we seen the video tape in the police property room
erased, with a strong magnet placed nearby.
Randy
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[Mind you, it does take a reasonable magnetic
field to affect a floppy
disk. After all, the 3.5" disk is magnetically held to the motor
spindle in the drive.]
It's the AC fields that'll getcha. DC magnetic fields have to be
pretty darned strong to affect floppies.
--Chuck