24 Oct
2000
24 Oct
'00
3:45 a.m.
Here in Colorado we have a rather significant and very persistent population
of both Black Widow spiders and Brown Recluse spiders.
I'm not a person who loves either variety, and it's annoying to have a web
attached to the two items I just set on the floor last night, but there it
is.
I've found that a few mothballs in a garbage bag together with the item in
question seems to eliminate the insects and therefore the spiders that live
on them. Apparently the spider can survive on very little prey, and can
reproduce with little more than its now-useless mate. Egg sacs are common
in the really obscure corners of equipment, but not when there's been enough
effort to store it in a bag with a couple of mothballs. Those egg sacs,
BTW, are tough enough to prevent the spindle of a DC-powered floppy drive
from spinning. They also can make it seem the head
assembly is stuck,
which, of course, it is if there's an egg sac attached to
it.
Now, I deal with equipment that, in general, is smaller than what most of
the "big iron" collectors use, but that's been my solution, though I've
seldom used it. It does work, however.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: <LFessen106(a)aol.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: Spiders (was: Stacking computers)
In a message dated 10/24/00 9:46:05 AM Eastern
Daylight Time,
John.Allain(a)donnelley.infousa.com writes:
I would suggest just sealing it in a plastic garbage bag - that's what I
do,
Does anyone have a good solution for spiders
other
than having to reshuffle equipment more often than
is sometimes possible and vacuum
and not only is it an inexpensive solution, but it
seems to work well
also.
-Linc Fessenden
members.aol.com/lfessen106