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From: stv@qantel.UUCP (Steve Vance@ex2499)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Replies to"Hitachi super-purecable"
Message-ID: <442@qantel.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-May-85 22:41:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: qantel.442
Posted: Tue May 21 22:41:35 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 24-May-85 22:39:59 EDT
References: <661@charm.UUCP> <1360@watdcsu.UUCP>
Reply-To: stv@qantel.UUCP (Steve Vance@ex2499)
Organization: MDS Qantel, Hayward, CA
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In article <1360@watdcsu.UUCP> herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) writes:
>In article <661@charm.UUCP> prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) writes:
>>...
>>ego involvement) is: yes, of course you want gold-plated connectors be-
>>cause they don't oxidize like nickel!  It's their resistivity which
>>...
>...
>metal contact (more or less) over a fairly wide area, but the metal
>will be just far enough apart in most cases to allow air in and nickel
>oxide to form...

To keep nickel, gold, or anything else from oxidizing, try a little WD-40.
-- 

Steve Vance
{dual,hplabs,intelca,nsc,proper}!qantel!stv
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Qantel Corporation, Hayward, CA