What makes me wonder is this: if those X-Rays are penetrating the plastic-leaded chip carriers (on your photos) to reveal the core itself doesn't this also suggest a leaded apron or leaded glass would also let X-Rays through in the screening room?
I've often wondered too about MRI scanners. If Magneto in the X-Men can suck out the iron in your blood to make bullets then what is a 7-tonne magnet going to do? When I visited a hospital years ago they told me people had been killed when instruments and coins etc. had been sucked into the scanner!
As for the A4000T, why did Commodore decide to mount those drive-bays vertically. That's a pain in the arse for CD-ROMs!
