Yellowing computers and whatnot - more for Jim really
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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 10 Mar 2010 16:07 On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:50:10 +0000, g.harper(a)gmx.line (Gwynne Harper) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> -- >> BE PURE >> BE VIGILANT >> BEHAVE > >I've not seen that for many a year; "going underground" had a lot to >answer for. Grin! That one has netted a fair few followups, lots of ex-2000AD readers around. Which is odd, since I was one of only two people I knew who read it at the time. Cheers - Jaimie -- "I do not like the feel of the middle way; and I do not like the smell of the left hand way" -- J R R Tolkien
From: Gwynne Harper on 10 Mar 2010 16:17 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > Which is odd, since I was one of only two people I knew who read it at > the time. My brother kept them all in a great big pile. As far as I know he's still got them. Gwynne -- My real email is net, not line.
From: Avalon on 11 Mar 2010 07:51 On 09/03/2010 3:17pm, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > I *think* that Jim's got the best collection of yellowing old tat in > the group, but I may be wrong. > > Clear and investigative notes on discoloured plastics, and what you > may or may not be able to do to get them shiny again. Some nice pics > of part-yellowed kit, showing different responses to UV and ambient > oxygen. > > http://vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/189 > > Cheers - Jaimie Forget Pink, Trust Retr0bright! http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/
From: Phil Taylor on 11 Mar 2010 08:38
In article <hnap0o$rc2$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Avalon <avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > On 09/03/2010 3:17pm, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > > I *think* that Jim's got the best collection of yellowing old tat in > > the group, but I may be wrong. > > > > Clear and investigative notes on discoloured plastics, and what you > > may or may not be able to do to get them shiny again. Some nice pics > > of part-yellowed kit, showing different responses to UV and ambient > > oxygen. > > > > http://vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/189 > > > > Cheers - Jaimie > > Forget Pink, Trust Retr0bright! > > http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ > > Not sure that this is a good idea. For most antiques, the last thing a restorer wants to do is to remove the patina of age. Computers don't quite count as antiques yet, but I suspect that in future buyers may value that yellow look. Phil Taylor |