12 Feb
2004
12 Feb
'04
4:31 p.m.
Can magnetic media setting in proximity to a microwave be affected by the
microwaves or anything else in the oven (the magnetron for instance)?
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12 Feb
12 Feb
4:40 p.m.
As a general rule I try to keep my major appliances and computer
hardware in seperate rooms ;-)
Curt
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Can magnetic media setting in proximity to a microwave
be affected by the
microwaves or anything else in the oven (the magnetron for instance)?
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13 Feb
13 Feb
5:50 a.m.
Every microwave I've ever taken apart has a fairly significant
step up transformer in it. (Granted, I've not disassembled a new
one in the last couple of years.)
I suspect said transformer tosses out a fairly sizeable magnetic field.
I am (of course) presuming your not putting the media in
the microwave and cooking it. I'm also assuming your
concern is the data contained on the media. :-)
David
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Can magnetic media setting in proximity to a microwave be affected by the
microwaves or anything else in the oven (the magnetron for instance)?
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6:17 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, David Holland wrote:
Every microwave I've ever taken apart has a fairly
significant
step up transformer in it. (Granted, I've not disassembled a new
one in the last couple of years.)
I suspect said transformer tosses out a fairly sizeable magnetic field.
I am (of course) presuming your not putting the media in
the microwave and cooking it. I'm also assuming your
concern is the data contained on the media. :-)
Right ;)
Space in my office is somewhat limited at the moment (due to my own
incorrigible clutter problem) so I've put the microwave oven for heating
my burritos on the same table where I'm setting up my data conversion
station.
I guess it probably isn't be a good idea.
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6:24 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Space in my office is somewhat limited at the moment
(due to my own
incorrigible clutter problem) so I've put the microwave oven for heating
my burritos on the same table where I'm setting up my data conversion
station.
I guess it probably isn't be a good idea.
That is an INSANE idea, you dork!
You have plenty space up front,
so just set up that thing there, or in the main lobby. NOT near
magnetic media. Unless of course you have an airline-grade microwave
oven, which is shielded to the absurd extremes.
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10:01 a.m.
> I am (of course) presuming your not putting the
media in
> the microwave and cooking it.
magnetic media is nowhere near as interesting as CDs
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Right ;)
Space in my office is somewhat limited at the moment (due to my own
incorrigible clutter problem) so I've put the microwave oven for heating
my burritos on the same table where I'm setting up my data conversion
station.
I guess it probably isn't be a good idea.
Keep it away!
In data conversion, you are often dealing with the ONLY EXISTING
copy of stuff!
The microwave oven belongs on top of the Windoze XP machine.
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