On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, ip500 wrote:
> Hmmm, indeed! I can't really figure the rational either. UPS,
> FedEX, BAX....even the FAA never heard of this "requirement". And
> negative on the gauss meter at the pickup centers. A direct quote from
> one of the phone drones "If you cannot get the information from the
> mfg you'll have to take it to a lab and get it tested"...of course
> they couldn't supply the testing parameters...I was just guessing at
> the 10 meteres distance figure that I finally used and ...none of the
> mfg's supply magnet strength in gauss in their literature [sales or
> tech].
Just ask them what the acceptable range is and pick a number in the
middle, then give it to them.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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