Hi Everyone, Ole Juul wrote: }- With the possible exception of things which might rust. I get }- lots of stuff from an open air dump, and from practical }- experience I can tell you that rain, snow, or mud, causes no }- damage. I can vouch for this. Back in 1993 we had some really terrible floods here in Kansas City. My son was busier than a cat in a house full of mice that summer, replacing machines that people thought were irreparably damaged by the water. Nothing would convince them that all the machines needed was to be cleaned-up from the mud and dried out. (Of course, perhaps the reason they weren't convinced is because it was a very good excuse to upgrade and in most cases insurance was paying for it - but that's another issue. <grin>) My son still has a very nice and large stash of parts he got that summer because people wanted new machines and told him to dispose of the old ones in whatever way was appropriate. The exception was machines that were *on* when the water got to them, and monitors seemed to suffer especially from this, which is not surprising if you think about it. Machines and even monitors that were off only needed to be dried out and most of them worked fine. If you make sure things are absolutely dry before putting them back together and firing them up, you should have no problems. Also I have known *lots* people whose computer systems were gleaned by "dumpster diving" at schools, large office buildings, etc. The only other thing I would say is that machines gleaned from a situation like this will dry much faster if they can be opened up and/or taken apart so the air can circulate freely. Also, if you don't have access to an air compressor, most electronics stores (at least here in the US) like Radio Shack have "compressed air in a can" for sale, but I don't have any idea how expensive it is. I still like rubbing alcohol for cleaning keyboards though, because as I said, it really cuts the dirt and requires very little "elbow grease" on my part. Heck, I'm a woman and so I get stuck with most of the cleaning around here anyway <grin> so I'll do anything to make my job easier and faster. Boanne -- FROM: Over the hills and far away... [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Dinosaurs Garden (collection of DOS links and files) http://209.176.167.1/dinosaur/dg.htm *xmodem: device on the losing end of an encounter with lightning To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
