23 Feb
2002
23 Feb
'02
12:52 p.m.
Quothe Chad Fernandez, from writings of Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 07:35:42PM -0500:
Tothwolf wrote:
> Cables should also be bagged, and wrapped with bubble-wrap. Bagging is
> mandatory if they are going to be packed in styrofoam. Styrofoam isn't
> friendly to many types of insulation, and bits of styrofoam love to get
> into connectors, especially the smaller ones that are hard to clean ;)
Wow, I never knew that. I wouldn't have thought
that styrofoam would
hurt anything. Maybe it's a good thing that I have shipped very few
cables. New cables I buy tend to be new surplus, so they are still
bagged from the factory.
Why is electro-static discharge being ignored in these postings? At
the very least, please make sure that foam chips, bubble-wrap and
plastic bags (unless they're anti-static), etc. don't touch circuit
boards or any connectors. I've received more than one piece of
equipment that's been packed only in ordinary bubble-wrap, or
bubble-wrap and foam chips, and, while most of it appeared to be
undamaged, that's not to say that some damage wasn't done to the
circuitry which will result in eventual fauilure. Surely anyone who
collects computers should understand the effects of static electricity
on many types of integrated circuits. Basic electronics knowledge, at
a minimum, is vital to computer collecting if this hobby isn't to
become known as "computer destruction."
Just my two-cents worth.
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