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From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Horror stories
Message-ID: <500@utastro.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 11:38:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 12 11:38:10 1986
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In article <3344@sun.uucp>, falk@sun.uucp (Ed Falk) writes:
> 2) pull out any board, and spray clear Krylon across the fingers.  They'd
> never have debugged that one.

Don't count on it.  A standard response to flakey or non-functional boards
it to take them out and scrub off the contact fingers with a rubber eraser, 
first.  It's amazing how often that works -- the older the equipment, the 
more often it is effective.

"The Shadow?  Feh!  What does HE know?"

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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