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From: dave@lsuc.uucp (David Sherman)
Subject: Re: Public/student terminal/PC rooms
Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Date: Mon, 25-Jan-88 12:47:49 EST
Summary: use Baby Fresh wipes, and get someone else to do it!
Message-ID: <1988Jan25.124750.10796@lsuc.uucp>
References: <2183@isis.UUCP> <5611@iuvax.UUCP>
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto

aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt) writes:
>How do you keep you equipment clean?  ...
>Any ideas appreciated; some of the machines around here are so grimy you
>can't read the symbols on the keyboard keys!

We had that problem after several years of use of our terminals
by staff and students.  I had a school-kid come in in his spare
time (at $5/hour, it makes a 14-year-old happy; he's the son of
someone who works here) and clean the terminals.  Each one takes
about an hour to clean properly.

To clean a keyboard, you pry off EVERY SINGLE KEYCAP and clean
them.  (I've found baby wipes are great for this purpose, since
they come with built-in alcohol.)  Then you open up the keyboard
and shake/vacuum/dust out the collected food and junk.  Cleaning
the screen and the outside of the terminal is relatively straightforward.
But it's definitely a job you want to give to someone else :-)

David Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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