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| From | Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: RiscPC problem |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| Date | 2011-12-26 09:31 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <524791f75bspam-addy@no.spam.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <5245a8db9fdave@davenoise.co.uk> <5245d4f5b3cvjazz@waitrose.com> <5246095376dave@davenoise.co.uk> <524746f56bSpambin@argonet.co.uk> <4ef7c7be$0$5709$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| Organization | Totally disorganised. |
In article <4ef7c7be$0$5709$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>, Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 25/12/2011 20:51, Stuart wrote: > > Indeed, hopefully just plain, simple, pure, Isopropyl Alcohol, > > anything else is asking for future issues. > I experience quite a few... problems... in obtaining pure Isopropyl. > Chemists don't seem to want to sell it due to some bogus > anti-terrorism excuse, and it seems that many chemists are not smart > in the field of consumer electronics and don't understand why > magnetic heads and circuit contacts cannot be cleaned with regular > "surgical spirit". I did, back in 2002, in Fleet, find a chemist who > was a part time geek. Since then, especially with language > difficulties of trying to explain a video recording head to a > country girl in a little backwoods pharmacy, I've pretty much given > up on getting the stuff... > Modern surgical spirit, it seems (certainly here in France) is quoted > in strength of degrees (70°, 90°...). Unfortunately, this is also an > indicator that there's a lot of other crap in there as well > (paraffin, water...) so this isn't really suitable, although I have > used it, begrudgingly, as a last resort, on stubbornly dirty disc > heads. I don't think I'd *ever* use it on SIMM contacts. In the UK it contains 2.5% castor oil. Should be quite good for cleaning some things out. -- Dev Om Namah Shivaya | Om Devaya namaha
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RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-22 15:46 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-12-22 16:28 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-23 00:30 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-12-23 10:02 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-12-25 19:51 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 02:02 +0100
Re: RiscPC problem Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2011-12-26 09:31 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 18:38 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Shepheard <chris.shepheard@chrispics.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 18:54 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 21:16 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-03 21:05 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Shepheard <chris.shepheard@chrispics.co.uk> - 2012-01-03 21:36 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-03 23:50 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Philip Draper <Philip@borehamh.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-04 09:06 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-01-04 09:41 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Philip Draper <Philip@borehamh.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-04 09:52 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-04 18:14 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-01-04 14:21 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 17:07 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Philip Draper <Philip@borehamh.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 18:41 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 21:07 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-26 23:56 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-12-27 12:18 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-01 16:11 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-12-27 12:26 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-12-26 23:48 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Richard Porter <dontusethis@address.uk.invalid> - 2011-12-28 21:33 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 10:55 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 12:20 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 13:25 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Richard Torrens <Richard@Torrens.org.uk> - 2011-12-31 14:26 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-01 16:09 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-03 21:16 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-04 18:22 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-01-04 20:34 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-01-04 20:38 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-04 22:52 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Philip Draper <Philip@borehamh.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-05 09:56 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-05 11:21 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-12-22 17:40 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-12-22 17:41 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-23 00:28 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-23 07:49 +0100
Re: RiscPC problem Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-23 07:44 +0100
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-23 11:36 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-23 12:01 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-22 20:07 +0000
Re: RiscPC problem Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-23 08:08 +0100
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