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From: lowe@gondor.UUCP (Tom Lowe)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Horror stories (Actually, erasers and edge connectors)
Message-ID: <2033@gondor.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 15:39:17 EST
Article-I.D.: gondor.2033
Posted: Sun Mar 16 15:39:17 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Mar-86 04:03:32 EST
References: <1060@loral.UUCP> <3344@sun.uucp> <500@utastro.UUCP> <447@lanl.ARPA>
Reply-To: lowe@gondor.UUCP (Tom Lowe)
Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ.
Lines: 19
Keywords: Problems, Problems, Problems, Problems.
Summary: Can you say.... Problems?

I recall when I was just starting to play with larger than home computers,
we had a Southwest Technical Products UnixFLEX system which was
very similar to a S100 computer.  Anyway, we were having intermittent
problems with the thing, and one of the techs there tried cleaning the
card edges.  First with an eraser, which didn't work, then with a couple
other things, which didn't work...

Then with ........ *steel wool*! 

Well, the card edges were nice and clean -- too bad it shorted out some
of the contacts!  We spent hours looking at each of the cards (about a
dozen or so) under stereoscopes looking for the ultra-fine steel wool
particles.  Fortunately, nothing got damaged.

Ugggggghhhhhhhhh..............
-- 
Tom Lowe
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