19 Jul
2005
19 Jul
'05
12:19 p.m.
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 17:28 -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
Heh, yep they were rather quick photos.
Unfortunately the corrosion is pretty bad as the
machine's obviously
been stored with the batteries in it for many years - I haven't had a
Actually, that corrosion is not nearly as bad as it could be (at least
from what I can tell in the photo which has excessive flash) as the
components all seem to be intact and unaffected save for the green grime.
At least on the battery board itself (not shown in the photos) there
seems to be signs of break-up of the solder joints though, now that I've
had a chance to look at it in daylight. Hopefully that's not quite so
bad on the motherboard itself.
I'm surprised at how extensive it is though - it's reached far further
into the system than the other Whitechapels I've seen (but in those
cases the battery board was almost destroyed, so hopefully the better
condition of this one is a good sign...)
I cleaned up the battery corrosion in an Apple Lisa
this past weekend with
distilled vinegar and it cleaned up really well. It was worse than this.
Hmm, the vinegar trick should probably go in the FAQ (along with the
fact that it tends to remove ink on ceramic chips - found that one out
the hard way once!)
cheers
Jules