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Filename: L/Wrnr1
Read OK: ✔
File size: 1266 bytes
Load address: 57204556
Exec address: 31726E72
File contents
Dear Gus,
Thanks for the disc EUG19. Dirty connectors was the subject 
of an earlier letter to you! Upon searching for that letter 
to spell your name correctly I found it edited in pen but 
not corrected on the word processor file! Conclusion, you 
never received it as I did not send it!

In the dark days prior to being requested to retire early I 
managed a pretty powerful PC network running Novell using 
some very slick building estimating software. Everything 
was state of the art as regards size speed and talkability. 
It would talk to anything devised by any software house! By 
much expence and computer skills it could via Unix and a 
mini computer access all my employees mainframes. Multi 
million tenders were a mear nothing, provided expert 
estimators were at the keyboards.

The attitude of good analytical estimators to computer 
gadgetry is not the subject of this letter. That is a 
legendary tale.

One memorable tender was nearly a falure due to networking 
problems. Changing cables did not work, a phone call to the 
estimating software hotline provided the most mudane of 
advice stop the estimators from SMOKING and change the "T" 
pieces. It worked.

"Airbourne Contamination". Never did stop the smoking but a 
supply of "T" pieces was equally effective.

So what? Well my "electron" played up did silly things when 
not asked to, Never rebooted just hung, pronted not asked 
for stuff to the screen. I tied it down to Slogger Plus 2. 
Bill Bradbury suggested firstly clean the contacts but I 
had done that with non-deposit cleaning fluids, Bill 
countered with use a typewriter erasing pencil. Lightly 
stroke all the contacts lightly brush off with the other 
end and reassemble. It worked! the "Elk" was as good as 
new. The eraser had to be resharped several times being 
made a black as "Cherry Blossom" boot blacking by the 
aledged cleaned contacts. Both Acorn and Slogger types.

There is a computer "Health Warning" smoking can damage 
connections but BR has Non-smoking trains but still have 
points and signal falures. So my pipe is not really to 
blame!

Even if the various owners are not smokers there are many 
forms of airborne "MUCK" like BMW exhausts (twice the bore 
of my pipe!) wives with cookers ect. so it must be the 
average Electron age of ten years plus be worth a try. 
Another point beware of spray cleaners on the monitor 
screen, cover the Elk before spraying near it.

Noticed an "electron" put out to grass due to a failed key. 
Key switches are not difficult to replace. Bell computers 
use to supply them. "Tandy" still sell forcepts and 
desoldiering kit.

Carefully split the case remove the keyboard connecting 
strip, take out the small screws securing the keyboard to 
the case. Bit of strong thread under the key cap and gently 
pull up. Keycap off and maybe a few more for working space, 
turn the keyboard over, de-soldier the small blobs of 
soldier connecting the dud keyswitch (You of course marked 
the dud one), turn it back use forcepts to release the 
scuring clips (Two opposite each other) push down and the 
old one is out. Throw it away!!! Take a new one turn the 
keyboard over push it in until the securing clips are in 
place, turn over and soldier the switch.

The fear laden part in the resoldiering, no problen 
reasonable canre and the circuit board stops the soldier 
from spreading all over the place. Reassemble in reverse 
order. Bingo! a computer mender is born.

As a soldiering person I never managed to connect two 
pieces of wire unless I knot them first. So apart from the 
fact that the electron was deamed deceased and nobody can 
make that any more fatal even if less adept with a 
soldiering iron than me (Very disputable) it is worth a 
try.

I have even managed it twice in one evening. Yes I 
reinstalled the dud! My one and only falure.

Yours sincerely,

Roy Warner.

GOOD POINTS ABOUT AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION. EVEN BETTER 
POINTS ABOUT HOW EASY IT IS TO REPAIR THE ELK. I KNOW FROM 
WORKING ON PC's THAT THERE TEND TO BE SO MANY CONNECTORS 
THAT DIRT IS THE CAUSE OF MANY FALURES. I HAVE A LAPTOP 
WHICH IS CAUSING PROBLEMS BECAUSE A RELAY ON THE POWER 
BOARD WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND 
THE MAINS ADAPTOR IS DODGY THE POWER BOARD STARTED SMOKING 
AND A LOT OF DAMAGE RESULTED. THE ELK IS LIKE ANYTHING ELSE 
IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AFTER. THE MAXIM 'IF IT AIN'T BROKE 
DON'T FIX IT' IS ALL WELL AND GOOD BUT SOMETIMES 'A STITCH IN 
TIME...'. MAYBE IF WE TREATED OUR COMPUTERS LIKE WE TREAT 
OUR RECORD PLAYERS.

ALSO ECHO YOU WORDS ABOUT GETTING SPRAYS ONTO THE ELK 
ESPECIALLY THE KEYBOARD. I KNOW OF A THOUGHTFUL SPOUCE WHO 
ONCE CLEANED A KEYBOARD WITH MR SHEEN. WOOPS.

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00001260  4f 4f 50 53 2e 0d                                 |OOPS..|
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