[Coco] Cured MPI

[N8WQ]

Hi Boisy,
Thanks for the tip!

O. Alan Jones

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Boisy Pitre wrote:
> I thought I would share this experience with the list.
>
> Over the past few months,my 26-3124 MPI has been behaving 
> erratically.  Turning on the CoCo would sometimes register Disk BASIC 
> in slot 4, sometimes not.  Often unplugging and replugging the MPI 
> into the CoCo 3 would fix the issue for a while, but not always.
>
> Today I went to Radio Shack and bought a twin pack of DeoxIT cleaner 
> and DeoxIT cleaner Gold.  Following the instructions, I cleaned the 
> contacts on the MPI and all of the cartridge peripherals that I use in 
> the MPI.  It took about 25 minutes to clean everything (including the 
> recommended 2 minute wait time between each application).  After 
> cleaning everything, wiping the excess, and putting things back 
> together, my system is operating 100% properly.
>
> Just a little public service announcement for all of you out there...
>
> Regards,
> Boisy G. Pitre
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