[Coco] Unpacked my CoCo Stuff

[bradleyj2 at aol.com]

I'll check it out...Thanks!
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: msmcdoug at iinet.net.au
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Sent: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Unpacked my CoCo Stuff


BradleyJ2 at aol.com wrote: 
 
> - It looks like a lot of cases have yellowed while in storage. What causes > this, and how do I get things almost white again? I know this has been > discussed before...But my memory isn't as good as it used to be. 
 
There was a really good thread in (IIRC) comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup a few months back, with a link to a definitive article on it... 
 
Oh, here... 
<http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/189> 
 
The short version is: caused by UV. You can't get things white again - at least without damaging the plastic (eg. taking off the top layer). 
 
Regards, 
 
-- | Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it 
| <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!" 
 
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