7 May
2007
7 May
'07
7:44 a.m.
Hi folks,
Yesterday I picked up a Multitech Microprofessor II* plus some other goodies
like an EACA Video Genie and lots of useful Sinclair QL bits, only a 7.5
hour round trip too :)
On inspecting the MPF-II's box, I'm guessing it's been sat in a cupboard
since 1985 as a lot of the internal walls have reacted badly with the PVC
cables, some of them have been eaten through. What plastic can I wrap the
cables in to avoid any more damage? Polythene wrap?
Cheers,
*never seen one in the wild before, or even on auction sites.....IIRC it was
largely designed to be Apple ][ compatible.....
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Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
11:53 a.m.
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 12:44 +0100, Adrian Graham wrote:
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cables, some of them have been eaten through. What plastic can I wrap the
cables in to avoid any more damage? Polythene wrap?
New kit seems to have just ordinary polythene bags around the cables.
Maybe something like freezer bags would work?
Gordon
7:17 p.m.
On 7/5/07 16:53, "Gordon JC Pearce" <gordon at gjcp.net> wrote:
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 12:44 +0100, Adrian Graham
wrote:
Aah, or small food bags perhaps.....I've got loads of those!
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Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
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cables, some of them have been eaten through. What plastic can I wrap the
cables in to avoid any more damage? Polythene wrap?
New kit seems to have just ordinary polythene bags around the cables.
Maybe something like freezer bags would work? 
7:43 p.m.
On 7 May 2007 at 16:53, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 12:44 +0100, Adrian Graham
wrote:
For lengths "out in the open", how about the spiral (I think they're
HDPE) cable protectors? They're used a lot in automotive
applications. For parts of cables going through bulkheads, where
space is tight, there is heat-shrink wrap tape that might do the job.
I've also seen cable protectors that have a "zipper" edge lengthwise,
so they can be slipped over a cable and then closed over it.
Cheers,
Chuck
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cables, some of them have been eaten through. What plastic can I wrap the
cables in to avoid any more damage? Polythene wrap?
New kit seems to have just ordinary polythene bags around the cables.
Maybe something like freezer bags would work? 
5:33 p.m.
Adrian Graham wrote:
On inspecting the MPF-II's box, I'm guessing
it's been sat in a cupboard
since 1985 as a lot of the internal walls have reacted badly with the PVC
cables, some of them have been eaten through. What plastic can I wrap the
cables in to avoid any more damage? Polythene wrap?
I received a BBC Micro Teletext Adaptor from a friend, and she'd
wrapped the mains lead in a small plastic bag. It was the "crinkly"
type of plastic, not polythene, as used for the very small type of
bag for shopping (about A5 size). This bag had prevented the
cable from sticking to the polystyrene.
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John Honniball
coredump at gifford.co.uk
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