Odd question about microwaves and magnetic media

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Feb 13 11:19:23 2004

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

> Yes, the stray magnetic fields can cause problems. The
> RF shouldn't be an issue. It might be a fun experiment
> to place a floppy in one to see if it gets thermal
> damage. Not only the magnitron that has a strong magnet
> but also flux leakage from the power transformer that
> is used to produce the high voltage.

Interesting. I wonder if a microwave would make a good degausser? That
is, if the meda survives intact.

I'll run some tests.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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