5 May
2007
5 May
'07
12:22 a.m.
At 1:50 PM -0700 5/4/07, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
As I have been collecting computers, I have noticed
that some pieces of equipment like printers and the
like, contain a lot of this awful foam stuff, most
likely for noise deadening. Time has caused this foam
to break down and turn to gunk, or at least a soft,
squshy material that does not spring back. It also
crumbles. IBM foam seems to be the worst, along with
the foam used on Zenith PC's, turning into a tarry
goo.
One of my first summer jobs - back in the late 60s - was at IBM in Toronto.
The job was to scrape off the nasty foam from the inside of keypunch
cases before they were sent down stream to be repainted...
Sigh...
John :-#)#