vintage computers and lead poisoning?

From: Rob O'Donnell <classiccmp.org_at_irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue Jun 8 06:36:38 2004

At 02:42 08/06/2004 +0100, you wrote:

> > Having said that, the only problem with such devices
> > that I've had is one portable CD player that got
> > dropped and suffered some broken plastic. Having
> > received a little mechanical care, it now works
> > as well as it ever did. In my experience these
> > things seem to suffer from mechanical failure
> > rather than electronic failure. (So, yes, the


Yep... My wife is very happy with her laptop .. PIII, 500Mhz 15" TFT etc.
Not a bad machine, even for running Windows. I got it free from a customer
because it had been dropped, had been for repair, and was "not
repairable". They asked me if it was safe to just stick it in the bin.. !!!

All that was wrong was the plastic around the hinges had broken, making the
top loose, and the hard drive had crashed. Even the screen had
survived. A bit of glue and some extra strengthening, a new hard drive,
and it's absolutely fine.
Received on Tue Jun 08 2004 - 06:36:38 BST