----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <kenziem_at_sympatico.ca>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 4:03 PM
Subject: Effect of COLD
>
> Is there any problem with data stored in a garage when the temperature
drops
> to -20? I just found out where my moved a bunch of my machines (Cromemco,
> nabu, pets, Tandy's).
>
> Any precautions to take when moving them back indoors?
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Ottawa, Canada
>
> Collector of vintage computers
> http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600
>
>
I would imagine anything with a lubricant (hard drives, floppies) would
freeze so that you would need to make sure the machine had warmed up quite a
bit before you tried to run it. Any plastic parts will be VERY brittle at
those temperatures so snapping them off when trying to move them would be a
problem.
Received on Sun Jan 25 2004 - 15:22:04 GMT