Red Erasors, contacts, and gold revisited

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Mon Oct 16 13:44:11 2000

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Bill Layer wrote:

>
> >Anyone tried this snake oil^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hamazing substance?
>
> Quantum tunnelling eh? No comment :)
>
> FWIW, I am still a big fan of LPS-1, I've used it for years to clean &
> restore some of the most inconsolable antique potentiometers & switches. I
> would think that a greaseless lubricant of that type would be very happy on
> computer connectors..
>
> As for erasers, I'm assuming that red pencil erasers are out due to their
> slight abrasive characteristics? what about the 'kneaded' erasers that
> chalk / conti artists use? (I'm not talking about Artgum )

I think that "Pink Pearl" erasers are the standard for card-edge contact
cleaning.
                                                 - don
 
> Please let me know if this is bad thinking...
>
> Bill
>
> PS Thanks to everyone for posting the wealth of MDS background - I now feel
> like it was worth my time to drag this behemoth home. Hey, anything with a
> bank of switches & lights has got to be OK, right?
>
>
>
Received on Mon Oct 16 2000 - 13:44:11 BST