NEC "Advanced Personal Computer"? & Secure data removal

[David Woyciesjes]

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> 
> 
>>	While digging through a pile of PCs headed for the recycling/re-use
>>center, I found a couple neat items. One is a NEC Advanced Personal
>>Computer. Or at least I'm pretty sure that's what it said on the front.
>>It's an all-in-one case, dual 8" floppy drives mounted vertically on the
>>right side. Beige case, black trim. And the Keyboard to go with it. Is
>>this thing worth saving for a museum or something? Free, pickup in New
>>Haven, CT.
> 
> 
> It's a neat machine but nothing terribly special.  Make's a really solid
> CP'M machine for someone who wants to play with that and likes 8" floppy
> drives.
> 

	In that case then, I won't worry too much about it. But I will have to 
fire it up, (and the IBM machine also) to make sure they are wiped 
securely of any data. Ya know, that whole US HIPAA Act concerning 
medical data. Of course, if these things don't have hard drives, that's 
one less thing to worry about. :)
	Which brings up another thought. how would one go about making sure 
that data is securely wiped from a drive of a classic machine, without 
physically destroying it? So it could be donated & reused?

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