31 Jan
2011
31 Jan
'11
4:32 a.m.
I Have Three ADM3A's that sat in my Barn for Years. The Field mice made
there home in two of them. One of those has a bad motherboard that might
not be salvagable [Mouse Crap all over it] though I might soak it in warm
water come Spring then blow dry and treat with 90% Isoprpyl alcohol but
there is bound to be some Corrosion. One is still in the Barn but I plan
on bringing it in when it gets WARM and see if I can SWAP the Top W/the
CRT onto the one Unit that has a partially working M/B. It lights up my
Breakout Box but Shows no Cursor but the tube Dies down to a Spot in the
Middle when Turned off. I tried the one from the Bad M/B and it just
Buzzed. If anyone is interested in the CRT's let me Know. If I can't get
one working I can get something for the Aluminum Casings. But Maybe
someone can use the CRT's. They look OK to me but I'm not familiar with
SCREEN ROT. Shipping the whole Unit would be just to expensive. Maybe the
One M/B is still useable????
Bob in Wisconsin
2 Feb
2 Feb
4:11 p.m.
New subject: mice and old computers (was Re: ADM3A Screen Rot)
Mice just LOVE old computers.
A few years ago I was donated a whole lot of Apple II+s/Apple II+
clones/IIes which had been host to generations of mice.
(see
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2008-9-04-a-load-of-old-apples.htm)
There was even a mouse "mummy" to remove! I should have taken pictures of
what I found.
The dishwasher worked overtime but eventually I got quite a few of them
working!
Terry
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:32 AM
Subject: ADM3A Screen Rot
I Have Three ADM3A's that sat in my Barn for Years. The Field mice made
there home in two of them. One of those has a bad motherboard that might
not be salvagable [Mouse Crap all over it] though I might soak it in warm
water come Spring then blow dry and treat with 90% Isoprpyl alcohol but
there is bound to be some Corrosion. One is still in the Barn but I plan
on bringing it in when it gets WARM and see if I can SWAP the Top W/the
CRT onto the one Unit that has a partially working M/B. It lights up my
Breakout Box but Shows no Cursor but the tube Dies down to a Spot in the
Middle when Turned off. I tried the one from the Bad M/B and it just
Buzzed. If anyone is interested in the CRT's let me Know. If I can't get
one working I can get something for the Aluminum Casings. But Maybe
someone can use the CRT's. They look OK to me but I'm not familiar with
SCREEN ROT. Shipping the whole Unit would be just to expensive. Maybe the
One M/B is still useable????
Bob in Wisconsin
4:24 p.m.
New subject: mice and old computers (was Re: ADM3A Screen Rot)
On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Terry Stewart wrote:
Mice just LOVE old computers.
A few years ago I was donated a whole lot of Apple II+s/Apple II+
clones/IIes which had been host to generations of mice.
(see
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2008-9-04-a-load-of-old-apples.htm)
There was even a mouse "mummy" to remove! I should have taken pictures of
what I found.
The dishwasher worked overtime but eventually I got quite a few of them
working!
Think how much worse it could have been if Apple-DOS had had built-in
mouse support!
5:28 p.m.
New subject: mice and old computers (was Re: ADM3A Screen Rot)
On 03/02/11 00:11, Terry Stewart wrote:
There was even a mouse "mummy" to remove! I
should have taken pictures
of what I found.
The dishwasher worked overtime but eventually I got quite a few of them
working!
Eeeurgh...
I hope you didn't use that dishwasher for washing the pots and pans
after you used it to clean mouse-muck off PCBs...
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
5:37 p.m.
New subject: mice and old computers (was Re: ADM3A Screen Rot)
Well, they were hosed down (and scrubbed down) outside first.
The dishwasher was used again after a few rinses with very very hot water
and detergents.
Hey, it's healthy to challenge the immune system now and again! (-:
Terry
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From: "Philip Pemberton" <classiccmp at philpem.me.uk>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: mice and old computers (was Re: ADM3A Screen Rot)
On 03/02/11 00:11, Terry Stewart wrote:
There was even a mouse "mummy" to
remove! I should have taken pictures
of what I found.
The dishwasher worked overtime but eventually I got quite a few of them
working!
Eeeurgh...
I hope you didn't use that dishwasher for washing the pots and pans after
you used it to clean mouse-muck off PCBs...
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
10:27 p.m.
New subject: mice and old computers (was Re: ADM3A Screen Rot)
On 3 Feb 2011 at 13:11, Terry Stewart wrote:
The dishwasher worked overtime but eventually I got
quite a few of
them working!
I picked up a NEC Spinwriter from a local law office that assured me
that it was working when they put it away in storage. They didn't
tell me about the family of mice that built a nest in it.
Unfortunately, there's a *lot* of space in a Spinwriter and the nest
was huge, with the usual thick layer of droppings and Mickey's urine
covering everything. Soap and water didn't make a dent, so I
resorted to Easy-Off oven cleaner, which worked very nicely. Rinse
again and again, use a toothbrush to get the remnants of the crud out
from between the IC legs and it looks a lot better.
The thing powers up with all of the right voltages coming out of the
PSU, but seems to have some difficulty in determining the carriage
position. I'll tackle that when I get 'round to it. If anyone has a
schematic for the 7000-series Spinwriter, a scan would be useful.
Cheers,
Chuck
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