Re: Beige Apple IIgs

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In article <lstrandDt2FG5.1IE@netcom.com>, lstrand@netcom.com (Leif
Strand) writes:

>
>.... I considered doing the same to the CPU case, but I was too lazy to
remove
>the motherboard and so forth, and I wouldn't dare sponge the surface with
>the electronics still inside. 
>

     It's worth the bother. (You also get to pull and dust all your boards
and clean the cables!)  The metal shields (e.g. in the lid) can be popped
off for the cleaning and replaced afterward using a soldering pencil to
re-spread the tack-on points.

     All of the case parts get a good going over with Fantastik, 409, etc.
and go into the sink with warm water and and deteregent. (Adding a
_little_ bleach to the sink wash sounds like a good idea. Naturally, AVOID
mixing bleach with any cleaner containing amonia-- the result is a
poisonous gas.)  It's surprising how great a case looks after the
cleaning.


>Other things happen with time.  One of the clear plastic pads fell off 
>the bottom of my mouse, and it would just -not- go back on, and 
>eventually got lost.  Also, my keyboard is missing half a rubber foot.
>*sniff* :-)
>

     Sniff not! The mouse bumper can be replaced using a thin piece of
plastic cut to size and held in place via epoxy. An alternative is to
epoxy-on thin plastic washers.

     A local hardware store will have self-stick rubber feets for your KB.
These can be cut to size and inserted in empty sockets. (By the way,
"feets" is a technical term refering to rubber, felt, etc. pads employed
on computer stuff.)


     
 




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