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Re: Why Apple II turned yellow??

Subject: Re: Why Apple II turned yellow??
From: "Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 01:14:18 -0400
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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"Tempest" <tempest@atariprotos.com> wrote in message 
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> It's the plastic.  Some batches of plastic turn yellow when they start
> to break down (usually because of UV exposure, but not always).  You
> see this alot with game systems (SNES mostly) and keyboards.

I have an SNES whose bottom is severely yellowed, but the top looks like 
new. Go figure.

-Greg

>
> The general rule of thumb is that if it hasn't turned yellow yet, then
> it probably won't.
>

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