[ltp] Thinkpad takes a coffee bath

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:29, /dev/rob0 wrote:
> On Sunday 23 January 2005 09:56, Eben King wrote:
> > > You need to go to an electrical or electronics parts store and get
> > > Anhydrous Alcohol, which does not have additives.
> >
> > Or pay a lot for Everclear >= 181 proof, which _does_ have additives?
>
> Does the type of alcohol matter?
Yes, most definitely!
Use Isopropyl Alcohol and nothing else.
It will remove water, resin, and dirt and yet at the same time not
damage the plastic parts.

> Maybe denatured, which is ethanol with 
> enough methanol added to make it poisonous?
WADR. No, no, no!

> John, consider yourself commiserated. :) I lost my first computer, a
> Toshiba T1000XE, to a cola spill in a moving car. (Later that same day
> we had a collision, too!) Good luck. Maybe I'll dig it out and try it
> on my old Toshiba, although it wouldn't be very useful in this day.
> (Maybe DOS with TCP/IP to use as a text-only terminal.)
Those old lappies make nice firewall boxes.

-- 
Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell