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Offline danbeaver

Re: Amiga 3000 driving me crazy
« on: August 24, 2014, 02:17:15 AM »
While the eraser removes oxidation and dirt, one does need to clean afterwards with Iso-PrOH; the concentration most commonly available is 91%, but the 9% water is an Azeotrope and using a higher concentration of IPA means another chemical such a benzene has been added.  This is fine for chemical reaction in a lab, but the alcohol pulls away the water molecules as it evaporates.  So anything above 91% is a waste of money (thank you, IBM).

The freshly cleaned contacts only need a protection layer if copper or tin; gold contacts do not, as gold does not oxidize.  

That being said, the A3000 is the most beautiful of the Amigas, but one of the worst designed: sharp steel metal edges, D800 fiasco, ZIP memory insertion, 25-pin SCSI connector above another identical 25-pin parallel port, INT2 issue, requirement of daughter board to be in place to boot, flawed WD SCSI controller (8 revisions to get it to work?), and a complete lack of drive space -- CDROM & second HDD.  After bleeding to the point of anemia restoring two, I sold them never to return. In my opinion only!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol
http://gold.yabz.com/facts.htm
« Last Edit: August 24, 2014, 02:20:37 AM by danbeaver »