David Hurst wrote:
>
> Are CD-ROMs in any way affected, like floppy disks, by magnetic
> force..??

In a word... no.  A CD is an optical recording that uses a laser beam
to sense areas that can reflect or not reflect (the ones and zeros
that a PC loves so much).

A floppy disk on the other hand is a magnetic recording.  The read head
of a floppy disk senses the polarization (N-S) or the reversed (S-N)
polarization of the sections of the disk.  A strong magnetic field like
a magnet can scramble these north and south polarizations making the
disk unreadable.

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Jim Meagher
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