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Re: Degaussing

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Wed Jul 2 01:46:20 1997

Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 22:02:47 -0700
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
In-Reply-To: <19970702021749.17094.qmail@squirrel.owl.de>
Reply-To: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>

At 02:17 AM 7/2/97 -0000, Secret Squirrel wrote:
>
>Could someone please point me to a FAQ or somesuch about degaussing
>magnetic media? Thank you!

Electromagnetic pulse.  You want something as strong as possible.  About 10
megatons should generate a big enough pulse.

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