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From: brownd@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (David H. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: rs-232 interface for c64 (AN UPDATE !!)
Summary: denatured alcohol removes ink
Keywords: ink, chip, remove ink
Message-ID: <2106@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>
Date: 13 May 89 17:22:27 GMT
References: <7932@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: brownd@thor.stolaf.edu ()
Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
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In article <7932@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> pwong@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Patrick Wong) writes:
>the circuit is coated with a blue stuff (so that no one can find out
>the circuitry of this gadget) and the label on the chip has been masked
>by a black marker pen.  If I find a safe way to remove the marker ink [...]

If you mean by 'label' the printing directly on the black plastic chip case,
I've had some success with a Q-Tip dabbed in denatured alcohol.  Yes, you need
to be careful-- normal coatings on PC boards wouldn't like an alcohol bath
(that's why I use a Q-Tip)-- but it should work.  If you mean a printed paper
label, I don't know what to tell you.

Also, you might want to wait a day or two to give anybody a chance to tell me
that this is a dumb idea-- I'm not a tech. or anything like that :-)


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