Dumb Question - CPU next to tapes?

Jeff Strouse · Post by **Jeff Strouse** » 23 Oct 2004 7:57 pm

I just re-arranged my desk area, and brought my computer out from underneath the desk, and put it on a bookshelf. Right next to it, is a plastic case containing my cassette tapes.

I remember years ago hearing something about not placing cassettes near speakers,TVs, monitors, etc, because the magnetic field could re-arrange the iron-oxide particles, and thusly, ruining the music.

So is it okay to keep my Computer Tower next to my cassette tapes, or should I move the tapes?

Thanks!

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 23 Oct 2004 8:22 pm

Move the tapes. I had a box full of training cassettes in a storage next to an active extension cord for about a year, and all of the 10 tapes in the box developed a weird drop-out that coincided with the end of the cassette closest to the extension cord.

Larry Clark · Post by **Larry Clark** » 23 Oct 2004 8:38 pm

Jeff, When in doubt,move them out.

Jeff Strouse · Post by **Jeff Strouse** » 24 Oct 2004 4:54 am

Thanks guys!