On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:49 AM, william degnan <[email protected]> wrote: > I picked up a DEC VR201 display today, it was leaking a highly corrosive > brown liquid. So corrosive it burned my skin painfully / immediately and > I had to wash hands thoroughly. Anyone come across a display that leaked a > corrosive liquid like that? The display was stored in its original box, so > I don't think the brown liquid was from something stored on top of it, but > I don't know for sure.
I've had brown liquid emit from a VT220 - I think it was the goo between the CRT and the implosion shield decomposing. I tore it all apart and cleaned it and put it back in service (it was my first VT220 from 1984...) It's a messy job. I happen to have working guts of a VR201 from when I dropped one and busted the CRT 20 years ago... if you don't want to deal with the cleanup/refurb, I can always use another VR201 (to replace the broken one!). PM me. If you want to do it yourself, it can be done, but it's a multi-night project, I'd say (one tip: I used a silicone-based double-stick gel-like "tape" to remount the implosion protector (with an air gap) because the naked CRT didn't fit the VT220 housing well enough to make me happy - I'd approach the VR201 restoration with the same expectation). -ethan
