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Old 05-Jul-2005, 10:20   #10
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Pah!!!! Electronics of today, eh?

I used to repair computers for Hewlett Packard and once had to fix an HP85 (a very early PC) that belonged to a geophysics company. This thing had been caught in a flash flood on the Nile and washed half a mile downstream. It was discovered 3 days later sticking out of the mud in a reed bed.

I took it apart, cleaned all the mud out, washed all the parts with a pressure hose and dried it all with an air line.

Left it all to dry out for a couple of days and it worked first time when I put it back together.
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