On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
  How about initial procedures when you get some new
treasure
 recently saved from the greedy jaws of the salvagers.  Things
 like: blow out the dirt, check for burnt/obviously damaged
 components, frayed or pinched cables, reseat socketed parts and
 clean off any corrosion or "purple plague" on the IC pins, power
 supply outputs, loose screws dropped in the power supply or
 motherboard.  And most important of all....make copies of the
 schematics and boot disks.
 Another idea for the FAQ: if it isn't restorable, at least pull
 all the socketed ICs (and put them in static foam) so someone
 else might be able to restore one.  I keep a big box of old
 parts from boards I have tossed. 
Jeez.  All of this stuff is in the FAQ.  The problem is one of the
following:
A) Nobody can access it due to server problems at 
u.washington.edu
B) It doesn't get sent out to new subscribers
C) People ignore it
Sam                                        Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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