Re: World-wide 8-bit computer sales (all-time)?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> > > Leaving *any* kind of magnetic storage on top of a television is never
> > > a good thing. I'm not sure why Coleco specified a colour television
> > > either. All TVs, to my knowledge, play around with magnetic fields,
> > > and can damage magnetic media.
> >
> > Which is why you should never get some models of the Apple Macintosh:
> > a CRT display as well as a floppy and a harddisk inside the same
> > cover..... *shudder*.....
> >
> Never thought of that... is it an actual issue, or just a percieved one?
> I can't see it being that much different than say a DuoDisk with a
> monitor stacked on top...

Actually it isn't. Most floppy drives are shielded anyway, plus they
add shielding between the components that are susceptible to the
magnetic fields inside the case. If you are concerned, simply remove
the cover and if the drive is not encased in itself, then it probably has
a piece of coated paper between it and the CRT.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
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Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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