[sebhc] [Fwd: ANSWER: General Comments from Mouser website.]

[Dwight K. Elvey]

Hi
 This sounds like a good reason to use the silicon grease. At
least it will slow down the electrolysis action when one has a
missmatch.
Dwight


>From: "Walter Moore" <waltm22 at comcast.net>
>
>The era of your H8 motherboard pretty much determined if it had gold or tin
>plating.  I remember some propaganda from Heath about how their accelerated
>testing showed tin to be as good as gold.  I also remember many H8 users
>having to replace all edge connectors in their machines.  I was one of them.
>Of the four H8s I have here, two are tin, two are gold.
>
>At least we can get both parts...
>
>..walt
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sebhc at sebhc.org [mailto:sebhc at sebhc.org] On Behalf Of Scott LaBombard
>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 3:30 PM
>To: sebhc at sebhc.org
>Subject: Re: [sebhc] [Fwd: ANSWER: General Comments from Mouser website.]
>
>Dwight ...
>
>Without hauling out one of my H8's to confirm ...I believe that the
>stock motherboard uses gold pins.
>
>I assumed that Carroll provided the correct part number  ...which
>would seem to confirm that belief.
>
>Otherwise, I agree with your comments. That's why I mentioned
>using tin contacts as a last resort (if at all)...
>
>
>Scott
>
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