I don't remember that foam as being conductive. Most conductive foams
tend to shred, those bits are not kind to the electronics.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, November 19, 2001 7:49 PM
Subject: PDP-8 case
>I've been cleaning up my recently-acquired PDP-8/E, and I've had to
remove
>the plastic foam from the inside of the lid, which was fairly horrible.
> I'm not sure what best to replace it with, as the foam was in two
parts.
>
>The square(ish) area above the rear Omnibus section was ordinary brown
>high-density plastic foam, about 3/8" thick, but most of the area above
the
>front section was black conductive foam. Is this original? Was it
>supposed to protect the boards that have H851 over-the-top connectors
from
>static that might have been carried by ordinary foam? I'd have thought
the
>leakage through the conductive foam might upset some circuits.
>
>So, should I use ordinary high-density foam, or conductive?
>
>--
>Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
Received on Mon Nov 19 2001 - 20:04:33 GMT