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On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 5:06 PM, dwight via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Could be the zinc plating? > > Dwight > > > ________________________________ > From: cctalk <[email protected]> on behalf of Sam O'nella via > cctalk <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 2:46:40 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Types of corrosion on computers > > I've seen rust and dust, but there's an old vaxstation II at Goodwill > Computers in Austin right now (very cheap, anyone welcome to buy it and get > it off my mind) but as most things, I checked out the back and see some > circles of white corrosion on the back where the cards? are contacting the > case. > > I don't really have room or time but I don't own anything that uses QBUS or > is almost related to some of the neat iron some of you all collect (I've > mostly collected way too many home computer history items). > > Anyway, what is that type of white corrosion on metal? Would one probably > assume this means any bus would be corroded and this wouldn't be a computer > for the faint of heart hobbyist? I've only seen that maybe from batteries > but it's in an unusual place and pattern (I think). >
