>Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 23:12:39 -0800
>From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>

>Also, while doing that, you might taking a pencil erasor and using it
>to clean the contacts on your SIMMs (an old trick used on Apple II and
>ISA cards).  Just be *very* careful to keep yourself grounded and try
>generate as little static electricity as possible (don't move your
>feet around on carpeting!).

Be very careful when using this trick.  If you press down too hard,
you can rub the gold off of the contacts.

(Another Apple II trick: using a holepunch to cut a write-protect
notch so that you can use the flip side of a 5.25" floppy.  Ah, those
were the days. :-)
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