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  • Can insects ruin a hardware terminal like VT520?

    From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 20 19:53:10 2017
    Hi,

    I believe I've seen an insect crawl into my terminal, a VT520. Is
    it possible it'll hurt my terminal somehow? For the moment it's turned
    off and will remain so for some time to come.


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  • From Richard@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 20 18:21:04 2017
    [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]

    Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> spake the secret code <Gas_B.61847$oi6.28501@fx40.am4> thusly:

    I believe I've seen an insect crawl into my terminal, a VT520. Is
    it possible it'll hurt my terminal somehow? For the moment it's turned
    off and will remain so for some time to come.

    When turned on I suppose it's possible they could create a short and
    damage something.
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  • From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@21:1/5 to Richard on Fri Dec 22 23:42:42 2017
    Richard wrote:
    [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]

    Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> spake the secret code
    <Gas_B.61847$oi6.28501@fx40.am4> thusly:

    I believe I've seen an insect crawl into my terminal, a VT520. Is
    it possible it'll hurt my terminal somehow? For the moment it's turned
    off and will remain so for some time to come.

    When turned on I suppose it's possible they could create a short and
    damage something.

    I tried to open it up, and see if I can clean any possible infestation
    out, but I don't know how. I could remove the rotating stand the CRT
    sits on, and there are two plastic push-in locks below the visible part
    of the monitor, but it doesn't come off easy; so I gave up.

    Is there an informal repair guide out there? I didn't find any with a
    quick internet search.

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  • From Phillip Helbig (undress to reply@21:1/5 to Oskarsson on Sat Dec 23 14:56:57 2017
    In article <TJ9%B.41080$Og3.12085@fx11.am4>, Johann 'Myrkraverk'
    Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> writes:

    I believe I've seen an insect crawl into my terminal, a VT520. Is
    it possible it'll hurt my terminal somehow? For the moment it's turned
    off and will remain so for some time to come.

    That is known as a bug.

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson on Sun Jan 14 16:48:23 2018
    On 12/20/2017 04:53 AM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
    I believe I've seen an insect crawl into my terminal, a VT520. Is it possible it'll hurt my terminal somehow? For the moment it's turned
    off and will remain so for some time to come.

    As others have mentioned, bugs can short out components on subsequent
    power up.

    I've heard of larger animals (usually rodents) leaving various deposits.
    Some of which can be bad for electronics, particularly the ammonia
    compounds.

    Nesting material can also build up and cause shorting issues.



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  • From Kaz Kylheku@21:1/5 to Grant Taylor on Mon Jan 15 19:47:41 2018
    On 2018-01-14, Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
    Nesting material can also build up and cause shorting issues.

    An accumulation of Lisp parentheses is generally harmless, though.

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to Kaz Kylheku on Mon Jan 15 12:54:24 2018
    On 01/15/2018 12:47 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    An accumulation of Lisp parentheses is generally harmless, though.

    I don't speak Lisp, so I'm not sure, but I would expect that the
    parentheses need to be balanced.

    I would expect an imbalance of parentheses to cause some sort of
    (syntax?) problem.



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