[OT] paper on Retro ?

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Sat Oct 19 11:12:00 2002

On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:



 [snippage]

> > engine (nominally 15 thou)? Folded in three to check the spark plug gap
> > (nominally 25 thou)??
>
> I used a folded punch card to clean the relay contacts on my IBM 026 punch
> under the tutelage of Mr. John Lawson.


  You forgot the "dipped in lighter fluid" part.... The benzene cuts thru
the crud and the rough cardboard burnishes the contact surfaces.


   ;}

  Cheerz

John
Received on Sat Oct 19 2002 - 11:12:00 BST