On Nov 19, 21:04, ajp166 wrote:
> I don't remember that foam as being conductive. Most conductive foams
> tend to shred, those bits are not kind to the electronics.
Agreed :-) The brown stuff isn't much nicer after 15-30 years. I suspect
someone before me had replaced foam that lost its resilience, and thought
conductive foam would be better in some way.
> From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
> >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
Thanmks to everyone who replied. I'll just use ordinary high-density foam.
It's much cheaper than a couple of square feet of good quality conductive
foam, which would be a bit thin anyway.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Tue Nov 20 2001 - 02:19:07 GMT