On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 8:16 AM, E.M.F. via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Ouch! How did they break? Wondering if there is a common failure?
I’m not sure how the paddles survived on my machine. It was a “barn find”, complete with two mud wasp nests. No mouse $#@! though.
eric
no, this was my fault, my peripheral vision was lacking that day and I bumped into them I doubt there's a common failure, these have taken 40yrs worth of thumb/finger toggling And it's been a in safe environment since then, no humidity, no extreme temp as in a warehouse, etc Those extreme conditions can definitely weaken most plastics, so basically no one would be immune. Dan -- _ ____ / \__/ Scotty, We Need More Power !! \_/ _\__ Aye, Cap'n, but we've only got 80 columns !!