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Re: Magic smoke!

From Leon <nobody@nobody.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2
Subject Re: Magic smoke!
Date 2025-09-12 05:17 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <CObmGKcqGTdmITeoDRbn%nobody@nobody.com> (permalink)
References <dog_cow-1724676005@macgui.com> <slrnvd3c0k.3c4l.wwiv@bbs.penisys.online> <dog_cow-1725052556@macgui.com> <05KBO.3178$UZUa.2512@fx47.iad>

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"scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us" wrote:

> 2) Really old devices (mostly running on vacuum tubes instead of
> solid-state
>    devices) that used wax- or plastic-covered paper capacitors in which
>    failure of the wax covering would cause the paper dielectric to
> absorb
>    moisture, altering its properties.

About a year later...  Learned something interesting today..

Leon

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