WTB: TRS-80 stuff.

From: Keith Whitehead <K.J.Whitehead_at_massey.ac.nz>
Date: Sun Sep 6 15:56:36 1998

>to plug it in. I started by taking it apart, and hosing the whole thing
>down. Then I took all the boards out, and set them in front of heater/fan
>to dry (low power). I did the same to the disk drives, the keyboard, and
>the picture tube.

Well water (especially Distilled water) is a great start for this sort of
thing.
However I always rinse the boards thoughly with ethanol (If you can
submerge them for a half hour or so even better), this will displace the
water in all of those hard to get places. After this I would then go
through the drying out process...Oh BTW do this is a well ventilated
area...you can get very drunk from the fumes :-), take note that ethanol
can attack some plastics and may affect some solder masks and screen
printing, so you may want to try iso-propyl alcohol...its less abusive.

Cheers




k.j.whitehead_at_massey.ac.nz

Keith Whitehead
Electronics Technician
Electronics Services
Institute of Fundamental Sciences
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand
5301
Received on Sun Sep 06 1998 - 15:56:36 BST