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Subject: Re: Blast From Past - IBM 670 Mag Drum Computer
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 17:52:40 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Ordinary oxidation of the pins and sockets, especially with
>    hot-running chips, can become a big problem too, even more in a humid
>    environment. Used to have a couple of the old full-size IBM-PC boards
>    full of DRAM chips. About twice a year they'd get flakey. Had to kind
>    pry up rows of chips and jam them back in again - which broke the
>    oxidation layer. Gold-plated pins and sockets are worth the extra few
>    cents.

Shades of the Pink Pearl solution!