[Info-vax] Y3K for PDP-11 Operating Systems

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Wed May 4 10:58:32 EDT 2011


Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>I disposed of my "TRASH 80" and replaced it with a used Rainbow 100. 
>The lack of a few milligrams of gold plating made the TRASH 80 a 
>nightmare.  Tin oxidizes and did so on critical connectors!

The GC "Nickel Print" kit fixed that problem nicely.  I made good money
nickel-plating the edge card connectors on Model Ones back when they were
new.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."



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