On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Morgan Tamplin wrote:
> I'm not sure if you received my previous message regarding my possible
> attendance at VCF East. I registered on-line "just in case". As it
> turned out, I was not able to attend for a number of reasons, the last
> being the constant rain on Thursday, July 15, which would have meant bad
> driving.
>
> The same rain caused local flooding in Peterbough, Canada. There was no
> loss of life but much property damage including some of my computer
> collection housed in a "low-lying" storage facility. I have spant the
> past week doing cleanup. Unfortunately much of my documentation (in boxes
> on the floor) was soaked beyond recovery but I would appreciate any
> advice on possible restoration (or not!) of water-damaged electronics.
> Even links to web sites or discussion groups would be helpful.
Hi Morgan.
This is very unfortunate! The best thing to do is immediately transfer
the wet documents to a freezer. This will effectively freeze-dry the
documents and give you a chance to recover them.
There have been numerous discussions on the Classic Computers mailing list
about this in the past, and so I've copied this reply to that list. I
would ask that anyone posting replies please also post a reply to Morgan
directly (see his e-mail address in the header please).
Good luck!
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Fri Jul 23 2004 - 16:59:49 BST