Re: tlug: non-Linux memory question

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> "Karl-Max" == Karl-Max Wagner <karlmax@example.com> writes:

    >> I'm looking to get some 72-pin SIMMs.  The old ones I'm trying
    >> to replace have silver traces, and I was told by a salesman at
    >> LAOX ComputerKAN that one shouldn't mix gold and silver.  I.e.,
    >> if your

    Karl-Max> Aha, the type heard a bit about the electrochemical
    Karl-Max> potentials of metals, but has no practical idea about
    Karl-Max> it.

    Karl-Max> The electrochemical potential of silver and gold are
    Karl-Max> close by, however, just 100 mV or so from each other. So
    Karl-Max> there won't be a big effect except if you run your
    Karl-Max> machine under the sea....

My experience is from the Navy. Even there, we did our best to keep
the machines above the sea :)

    Karl-Max> A prominent example is some stuff called "Cramolin" by
    Karl-Max> Schaefer KG here in Germany ( I tested it against pretty
    Karl-Max> much anything and nothing comes even close - they make
    Karl-Max> it since the twenties using the same secret formula ).

Cramolin was what I was trying to remember. I never new it was made in
Germany. It was standard practice that any time a card was replaced,
it got a coat of Cramolin.

I mentioned that you could clean the contacts with an eraser. I should
give a warning with that. Its possible to "erase" the plating right
off the card, so be gentle, using it no more than absolutely
necessary. We usually used this as last step in a complex ritual to
exercise daemons of unknown origin out of the machines, with maybe a
25% success rate. We could have done better, but because of the raised
flooring, sacrificial lambs were prohibited :)

Andy
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