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From: henry@chinet.chi.il.us (Henry C. Schmitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: CD-ROM drive cleaning advice
Summary: discwasher CDL^2 CD Laser Lens Cleaner
Keywords: CD ROM Lens Dust Clean discwasher
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.183057.3976@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Nov 90 18:30:57 GMT
References: <2790@esquire.dpw.com>
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
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In article <2790@esquire.dpw.com> baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) writes:
>My wonderful Apple CD-ROM (no fan) seems to be having a lot of trouble
>reading various disks (data, not audio) lately.
>  According to Apple's Q&A stack, this could mean that
>the lens is dusty and could use a cleaning.
>
> [I]s there something that might be available closer to home
>(i.e., something by Discwasher or the like)?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.  Gotta vacuum a little more often, I
>guess...  :-)

Your guess about discwasher is exactly right.  Go pick up their
CDL^2 (that's a square w/o superscript) CD Laser Lens Cleaner.  Cost
is around $25.  I can't guarantee that this will fix your problem
because my drive doesn't have a fan so I haven't had it; also I got
the CDL^2 when I got my drive and use it regularly.

Oh.  I got it at the record (or should that be the CD ;-) store at
the local mall.

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