[Coco] Odd behavior

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 17 December 2013 19:58:04 Arthur Flexser did opine:

> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Bill Gordon <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> 
wrote:
> > It is strange that the Coco3 and the MPI work perfectly in every other
> > aspect.
> 
> This is a shot in the dark, but have you tried cleaning the MPI
> contacts thoroughly?  I know the MPI works okay with your other CoCo
> 3, but these oxidation problems can be erratic, and cleaning couldn't
> hurt, right?
> 
> Art

It doesn't even have to be dark for that shot, Art.  I'm sorry Bill, that 
never occurred to me.  Why?  Because I got tired of those erratic 
connections 20 years ago, and sawed about 5/16" off the end of mine, and 
then butt welded a similar piece of gold plated but junk ISA card edge back 
on in its place.  Teeny drops of a high strength solder bridge the gaps 
where the runners meet, haven't had to go back and retouch it in 20 years, 
it Just Works(TM).

My bad, will 20 lashes with a wet noodle do? ;-)

Cheers, Gene
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