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

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Feb 8 18:23:55 2000

<silicone grease and still functioning with out a
<hitch after 25 years. Their contact resistance still
<measures less then the original dry contact resistance.
<I put silicone grease on the contacts of the USART
<socket, in my Poly88, back in 1979, to fix a flaky contact.

Perfectly reasonable thing to do to protect the metals from
contact with air and resulting corrosion.

Allison
Received on Tue Feb 08 2000 - 18:23:55 GMT