OT: Looking for degausser/magnetic tape eraser

[John Abreau]

I bought one of these in June of 2008 for $195. It was designed
for VHS tapes, and to degauss a hard drive, you first have to
unscrew and remove the metal plate on top of the hard drive and
expose the drive platters.



On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:57 PM,  <VirginSnow at vfemail.net> wrote:
> This isn't Linux-specific, but I figured I'd try asking here...
>
> I'm looking for a degausser/magnetic tape eraser for erasing mini DV
> tapes.  I've tried all the local stores (RadioShack, BestBuy, even a
> TV/VCR repair shop), as well as Allied Electronics and Digikey, but
> none of them seem to sell degaussers.  On ebay, I found some cheap
> hand-held degaussers for degaussing CRTs (not powerful enough for mini
> DV), and some multi-thousand dollar degaussers that can degauss
> anything up to and including a neutron star.  The closest thing I
> could find to what I need is a rare-earth magnet based "Erase-O-Matic"
> Model 1 for a mere $400.00.
>
> Any suggestions/recommended vendors would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Also instructions for make-your-own-degauseers would also be welcome.
>
> Thanks!
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