4 May
2005
4 May
'05
9:09 a.m.
I was hoping to tap in to the combined expertise here
to settle a question.
Let's say that tomorrow, and EMP weapon is employed
over a major city in this country.
Is there anything an average citizen can do to protect
their Computers (Classic or otherwise)?
Would having them unplugged help?
Or must they be shielded in some way?
Regards,
Al
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9:29 a.m.
Faraday cage and unplugged... that's just my first impression, but I
think that would largely protect you, provided you weren't in the
blast radius. Of course, this assumes that the method of EMP
production is "safe" enough that one has to worry about one's
collection (e.g. non-nuclear).
-dhbarr.
On 5/4/05, Al Hartman <alhartman at yahoo.com> wrote:
I was hoping to tap in to the combined expertise here
to settle a question.
Let's say that tomorrow, and EMP weapon is employed
over a major city in this country.
Is there anything an average citizen can do to protect
their Computers (Classic or otherwise)?
Would having them unplugged help?
Or must they be shielded in some way?
Regards,
Al
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9:31 a.m.
On 5/4/05, Al Hartman <alhartman at yahoo.com> wrote:
I was hoping to tap in to the combined expertise here
to settle a question.
Let's say that tomorrow, and EMP weapon is employed
over a major city in this country.
Is there anything an average citizen can do to protect
their Computers (Classic or otherwise)?
He'd better flee to the countryside because it is going to be a major war.
Would having them unplugged help?
Or must they be shielded in some way?
Regards,
Al
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9:58 a.m.
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Al Hartman wrote:
I was hoping to tap in to the combined expertise here
to settle a question.
Let's say that tomorrow, and EMP weapon is employed
over a major city in this country.
Is there anything an average citizen can do to protect
their Computers (Classic or otherwise)?
Would having them unplugged help?
Or must they be shielded in some way?
No Al, I'm afraid you're just going to have to play nice with the rest of
the world's children so that sort of thing won't ever need to happen.
--
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: OT: EMP and Equipment
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Al Hartman wrote:
This question is in my realm, as I am a CBRN specialist in the danish
National Guard.
There is only one thing that can be done : enclose all electronic things in
a Faraday cage. So the answer to your question is : No, Joe Average cant do
shit.
Unplugging is no help, as the electromagnetic forces are so big, that even
the small wire between e.g. an antenna jack and the HF amplifier will act as
an antenna and fry the first stage. Wires towards the loudspeaker will take
care of the rest. And with the plastic radios we have today, every single
wire can and will act as an antenne, blowing everything in its vincinity
skyhigh.
Nico
I was hoping to tap in to the combined expertise
here
to settle a question.
Let's say that tomorrow, and EMP weapon is employed
over a major city in this country.
Is there anything an average citizen can do to protect
their Computers (Classic or otherwise)?
Would having them unplugged help?
Or must they be shielded in some way?
No Al, I'm afraid you're just going to have to play nice with the rest of
the world's children so that sort of thing won't ever need to happen.
--
4:50 p.m.
Is there anything an average citizen can do to
protect
their Computers (Classic or otherwise)?
Would having them unplugged help?
Or must they be shielded in some way?
average citizen? NO.
But among THIS group, a large collection (such as Sellam's) has so many
machines that the ones at the periphery would be sufficient to provide
shielding for the ones in the middle.
Q: How many HPaqs does it take to make an adequate Faraday cage?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
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