23 Dec
1997
23 Dec
'97
7:10 a.m.
At 07:39 PM 12/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
Should you only drive your Corvette on cloudy days?
Seasons greetings
Charlie Fox
> At 09:04 AM 12/22/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >At 09:22 12/22/97, you wrote:
> >>I have several old HP computers that have done the same thing. Is there
> >>any way to repair or restore the color?
> >
> >No, there (currently) isn't. And the real bother isn't the
discoloration,
> >but the accompanying embrittlement -- I picked up a mustard-colored HP
> >terminal once and had a piece of the case break off in my hand.
> >
> >A bloke who was researching this at the Science Mus. in London wrote an
> >article for the ANALYTICAL ENGINE in which he basically said that there
was
> >no reversing the effect, and the only way you
could limit the
deterioration
> >was to keep the artifact in near-total
darkness. I also asked the
> >Smithsonian and they concurred with this.
> >
> >__________________________________________
> >Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
> > http://www.chac.org/index.html
> >Computer History Association of California
>
> Does applying Armor-All or any of the other plastic preservatives
> prevent the hardening? I've never tried it on the hard palstics, only
vinyl.
Joe
>
Primary cause of aging in most plastics including vinyls is UV rays.
Meaning, keep 'em out of direct sun!
Jason D.
> >