[Coco] Korean Coco 2 question

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

they must be made of gold, ow wait...

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Frank Pittel wrote:
>
>  On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:40:44AM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, John Donaldson wrote:
>>>
>>>  Way back when I had my COCO, someone told me about a liquid
>>>> product that I could use to make contacts more secure. It
>>>> basically put a thin film of gold on the contacts. I used it a lot
>>>> on the Cart contacts. Most of these were Tin plated. You apply a
>>>> coating, let it dry over night, then you could then re-insert the
>>>> card or device. It would last a good long while, but would wear
>>>> after a while and then I would re-apply a new coating. It was used
>>>> mainly on PC's back in the days when you were constantly
>>>> re-inserting plugin cards to get them to work due to the Tin
>>>> plating on the contacts.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like Cramolin Gold.  You would use the Red product to clean
>>> oxide off the contacts followed by Gold to seal and protect them.
>>> Radio Shack carries the product, albeit it at a usurious price.
>>>
>>
>> Alas, Cramolin gold isn't being made anymore.
>>
>
> That will come as a surprise to Radio Shack.  Last time I was in the store
> they still had the "twofer" packs of Cramolin.  Red and Gold in little
> spray cans.
>
> I also have a couple of them on the shelf in the shop.  Maybe they are as
> valuable as Hostess Twinkies nowadays?
>
> Steve
>
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