5 May
2005
5 May
'05
4:12 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allison" <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: OT: EMP and Equipment
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Your confusing netrons and gamma particles that go
through most
everything to Electromagnetic waves that don't. Faraday shield
will stop or suffifiently attenuate EM waves.
I've been told (during military service) that the dv/dt of an EMP is
so fast a Faraday cage will saturate and the eddy currents are so
strong it re-launches an EM wave inside the cage.
'Hardened' systems have redundant layers of protection and still
assume there will be damage.
If you want to protect your classic collection, its time to start living
the lifestyle of a James Bond villain.
But isn't that the real reason we have a basement full of blinking lights
anyway?
At least that often seems to be the case for the people with older mini's or
real heavy iron. And these are the systems that stand a better chance of
survival.
The plastic cased consumer grade stuff would need to be sitting at the
bottom
of a silo to survive.