[Coco] Korean Coco 2 question

[Steven Hirsch]

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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