From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 11:57:30 PDT
As an aside: I remember that someone here on the list
x-rayed a Newton. It was really cool looking and he
then colorized it for an even cooler effect!
Photography people are saying that RAM cards aren't
affected by the x-ray machines and are recommending
that if photographers are concerned with the x-ray
fogging their film, to either have it hand checked
(faa regulations allows the traveler the right to
request a hand inspection of their photographic
equipment in lieu of scanning it)
http://www.faa.gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far-108.txt
Scroll down to section 108.17 section 5e. The last
paragraph is the most important.
Some of the articles I read say that if you're really
paranoid to just Fed-Ex your film back home...I guess
you could do this with a RAM card as well...
Ed
web/gadget guru
http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
http://npds.tek-ed.com (my NPDS server and it's new
subdomain)
--- Rolf Brakvatne <rbrak29_at_qwest.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks Ed.
>
> I have heard that the latest checked baggage
> scanners are quite
> powerful. Could they damage the flash cards in the
> checked bags?
>
> RB
> On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 11:37 AM, Ed
> Kummel wrote:
>
> > Oh yeah, bring a spare memory card and do a backup
> of
> > your Newt before leaving home and before traveling
> > back home. Pack the backup in your checked
> baggage.
> > This will save your butt incase the Newton is
> > destroyed for some reason...at least you will have
> a
> > "current" backup!
> >
> > --- Rolf Brakvatne <rbrak29_at_qwest.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> This may have been addressed before. Is there any
> >> danger of having a
> >> Newt go through airport scanners?
=====
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