Re: On shielding PCs from EM pulses...

Marinus Berghuis ( renkahu@ihug.co.nz )
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 07:32:12 +1300

At 07:26 15/10/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>In the "Klingon disrupter" thread there was a reference to "spending a
>couple of dimes" to shield computers better.
>
>Guys, this IS my field, I'm a PC/Mac/LAN support tech and LAN administrator.
>
>It'll take more than a few dimes.
>
Good morning to you,

I once was a constructor of hi fi radio and amplification equipment and had
to shield every thing possible because in those days printed circuits were
unheard of including the fact that the current used with valves did not
help either.
I have often thought that in order to stop magnetic radiation you had to
create a wall of a compressed magnetic field.
The only way this is possible (my thought) is to use thin rubberised
ferromagnets like those used on fridge doors.
If like poles are glued together a compressed magnetic area should stop all
nonsense and could even be moulded around cables and polarised to be
followed with a sleeve polarised the other way. The only trouble would be
that the polarisation must occur on the flat and the moulding around done
cold. However no doubt some form of continuous polarisation and folding
could be set up by machine to treat all cabling needed for P.C.'s>
Dick Smith sells polarised rubber sheets and should be easy enough to set
up an experiment. My nearest shop is 153 km away so you townies may be
better placed to have a go.

Happy hunting and have fun while it lasts

Ren

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