Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!ucbvax!ucbcad!zen!cory.Berkeley.EDU!waterman From: waterman@cory.Berkeley.EDU (T.S. Alan Waterman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Disk safety question Message-ID: <5083@zen.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 17:35:42 EST Article-I.D.: zen.5083 Posted: Wed Nov 25 17:35:42 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 11:10:43 EST References: <407@ndmath.UUCP> Sender: news@zen.berkeley.edu Reply-To: waterman@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (T.S. Alan Waterman) Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 37 Keywords: Really, now... In article <407@ndmath.UUCP> nj@ndmath.UUCP (Narciso Jaramillo) writes: >So here's the problem: > >.... thus causing several disks to get slimed... >grease, pieces of sausage, onions... > >The question: > >If you can't get the grease out of some of the disk jackets, are they still >safe to use? Assume that none of the grease got under the little metal >thing to hit the disk surface. > >nj, the man with no coordination. You really don't want olive oil and pepperoni grease all over the inside of your drives, but if you can wipe them off, CAREFULLY (damp rag, mild soap, a lot of CARE......), you might be able to get them in, copy them, and get them out before your computer starts to get nauseous from the smell..... Then again, maybe you find a "gentle detergent", something like Woolite. You know -- "safe cold-water washing for fine fabrics, linens, and delicate magnetic media..... " >rutgers!iuvax!ndmath!nj | To see what this is, @@'@@@XO'@@@ | Time is there >ucbvax!mica!nj | stand on your head, '@@X''$O1@@' | yet time is >Subconscious stagnation | turn up the contrast, @@@o@@@&@X@@ | gone, and the >Pejorative frustration | and clap with one hand. $$*@@@@X@@0' | Now lingers Ok, so I've got the contrast turned up, and the clapping thing is under control, but there's no space in the office to stand on my head..... (I've got a swivel chair--much too dangerous.) Maybe if I turn the monitor upside down.... ? --TS --a man in total confusion.....