4 Jul
2000
4 Jul
'00
noon
On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, William Donzelli wrote:
I use WD40 because it takes quite a bit to give me a
headache, and it
will not explode at the slightest spark. My safety comes first.
However, as Tony pointed out, WD40 is still not the right thing to
use. WD40 is good for removing dampness from a push-reel mower's
blades, but that's just to displace water and prevent rust. I
wouldn't use it to clean anything, as it will just gum things up where
you don't want things gummed up. If you're careful, more useful
chemicals are safe to use... that is, if you don't do something stupid
with them. When I was in college, I recall acetone being one of the
least harmful chemicals used in general chemistry labs; you can
purchase it in a hardware store... actually, it's also bottled and
sold as fingernail polish remover.
[written to A.R. Duell]
Maybe now I can see why you complain about not being
able to get a job or
why the museums don't seem to want you around. With your "never
wrong" attitude, the reason shines like a beacon in the night.
That's an false, and most unfair, hit below the belt. I've exchanged
e-mail with Tony for nearly a decade, and never found him to have a
"never wrong" attitude. He's been very helpful to me, and others, and
has unselfishly spent a great deal of time helping others solve
problems as well as taking the time to inform others of his many hacks
and restorations, giving us detailed exampes of how to do things the
right way. I recon that few, if any, others on this list have
accomplished as much as he has with restoration and software/hardware
hacking, and figuring other things out as well.
Next topic, please...
But first, an apology to Tony from you is in order.
--
R. D. Davis
rdd(a)perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900