Kay, The demagnetizer is made by Realistic, says on the side of the "brick" shaped device that it is a high powered video/audio tape eraser. It is literally shaped like an iron. It has an on/off button and a red light telling you are zapping the item when the trigger is pulled. I can't remember the cost, but it came from Radio Shack, have no idea if they still sell them and I don't know if they will work on a hard drive, but gosh it should as it is very heavy and I do know it wipes the video and tape disk completely.
John R. On Jul 8, 2004, at 3:06 PM, KR'sListMail wrote: > In the responses, (I forgot who wrote that particular note) that was > interesting comment about the Demagnetizer > Is that like a flatbed thing that you flip on to erase the media? > We used to have one like that at a station I worked at, to erase the > wide tape, tv video cartridges so they could be re-used. Powerful tho, > you had to be careful not to turn it on by accident, and zap out a > whole show! > > I would like to get something like that too, scaled down version, > since I need to erase a stack of copy disks, before I get rid of them. > How much was one you got, brand name, etc? > > Bill - not sure what size your disks are- I read at one point a > mention of 6mgs each? > If they are higher than 10gig, I may want to buy them from you, if you > are looking to sell. > I could do a solid wipe before using them (which I always do before > using a new disk) > > Thanks, > Kay | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
