The pure *hell* of restoring a PDP-8/S desktop.

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Mon Feb 7 21:26:08 2000

Edward Taussig <taussig_at_arpanet.com> wrote:
> Hi. Stabilant 22 was touted highly by Jerry Pournelle in Byte magazine
> as a contact enhancer, it might help after a good de-gunking.
> http://www.stabilant.com/
>
> http://www.byte.com/art/9705/sec13/art1.htm
> "Stabilant 22, the miracle all-purpose contact enhancer. It not only makes
> for better electrical contacts -- a major use of Stabilant 22 is to get all
> the electrical noise out of hi-fi systems -- but also lubricates connector
> insertions. If you don't use Stabilant 22, I bet you wish you did."
>

Hi
 Why use someone's resold product when you can just
buy some silicone grease like DC4 and it works fine.
DC4 will last longer because it contain a binder.
As for degreasing, I would suspect that something like
brake clean would be better on electronics. Gunk engine
cleaner has corrosives and is hygroscopic. I don't think
I want that in my machine. It would surely cause
long term problems.
IMHO
Dwight
Received on Mon Feb 07 2000 - 21:26:08 GMT

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