> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sieler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> 
> Re: Dr Frank Nagy said:
> > Our old HP300_L must be discarded and may be sold to a 
> computer museum.
> > What to recoomend to delete sensitive data from it? The 
> data is in a  Turbo
> > Image database.
> 
Stan Replied:
> The following might be overkill, but then again it might be precisely
> the right thing, once you realize that you might want to 
> erase the entire
> disk drive:
> 
> <plug>
> Our WipeDisk product can erase disk drives, both on MPE/iX and MPE/V.
> Information at: http://www.allegro.com/products/hp3000/wipedisk.html
> </plug>

I had told him that scraping the platters would be the only 
sure fire method if there was a security concern.  

To get a working system to a museum he would have to replace 
the drives from a 'used' source and reinstall the system.
For that he may need only one or two disc drives.

(Hopefully the used 'source' would be a commercial concern 
and not a government one, like his.  Otherwise he may be 
substituting someone else's sensitive data, for his.)

This could of course be also beneficial to a HP reseller by 
the name of <plug>Insert Used HP Equipment Vendor Here</plug>.

BT
NNNN
Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

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