Re: PYXIS machine check

[Brian Hall <brianw hall compaq com>]

Is this type of eraser something I can find in an "Office Max" type store, and
if so what would it be called?

On 03-Jan-2000 Wes Bauske wrote:
> Edward Lukacs wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >
>> > Also, you can use an eraser on the end of a pencil to
>> > clean the contacts on the SIMM/DIMM.
>> >
>> >
>> > Wes
>> >
>> Wes,
>> 
>> This is true, but after many years of working with circuitry,
>> I would suggest that the common red rubber eraser on a lead
>> pencil is not a good choice.  The white vinyl (I think) eraser
>> sticks that go in a holder, as used for drafting, are far better.
>> They very tenaciously grab the foreign matter while not abrading
>> the contact surface anywhere near as badly as ordinarty erasers.
>> 

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