cleaning up edge connectors

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Thu Apr 28 15:16:41 CDT 2022


On 4/28/22 12:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> 
> I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s).  As is usually
> the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded
> and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really doesn't
> help much.  Back in the day there used to be something you
> could get that let you "gold plate" the edge connectors.
> Is anything like that still available?  How about reflowing
> the pads using something like silver solder?
> If neither of these is doable or practical, what are people
> doing to clean up these connectors?

Dunno about the gold stuff, but I've occasionally used Cool-Amp:

https://www.cool-amp.com/

--Chuck



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