HENRYM@SACMGR.UUCP (02/09/90)
I've seen the problem reported on both my Rainbows, which I picked up for $ 50 each at a school district surplus equipment action about three years ago. Neither of them worked at the time I purchased them, which is why I got them at such a good price. The oxidation I found, though, was primarily on the PROM pins. I popped them out, attacked them with Q-tips and rubbing alcohol, and presto: two working Rainbows. One note about the environment: the school district in question was in Redwood City, California, which is right on San Francisco Bay. Behind the parking lot was a brackish marsh, and there was a greater than normal amount of rust to be found in the area. -HWM ---------- Henry W. Miller Assistant Systems Manager, Mid Pacific Region U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 2800 Cottage Way MP1100 Sacramento, CA 95825 (916) 978-5108 / FTS 460-5108 Inet: "sanj!sacwms!henrym@caldwr.water.ca.gov" (Vaxcluster) "sanj!sacusr!henrym@caldwr.water.ca.gov" "sanj!sacmgr!henrym@caldwr.water.ca.gov" BITNET: "hmiller@scu" !Warning: This is NOT the same machine as the above cluster. UUCP: "...caldwr!sanj!henrym" "Bad guys abuse public land, good guys save it."