foam in DEC SBB drives, ok to remove?

[Mike Stein]

I had a number of ceramic ICs with gold pins in old anti-static foam; ate 
the pins right off.
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From: "Nigel Williams" <nw at retroComputingTasmania.com>
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Subject: Re: foam in DEC SBB drives, ok to remove?


> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 3:51 AM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
>> Not only does it get crumbly, there is sometimes an intermediate stage
>> where it smells like vinegar, and is a strong acid.
>
> ick! thanks for the tip, will get right on it.
>
> The most egregious use of foam I've encountered was in a token ring
> hub, where a block of foam was use to support the small PCB which ran
> the width of the hub. The PCB held the relays that sit behind the
> sockets, of course with the foam atomized the PCB was swinging around
> on the wires.