[Coco] Korean Coco 2 question

[Frank Pittel]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 05:24:35PM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Frank Pittel wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:40:44AM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> >>On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, John Donaldson wrote:
> >>
> >>>Way back when I had my COCO, someone told me about a liquid
> >>>product that I could use to make contacts more secure. It
> >>>basically put a thin film of gold on the contacts. I used it a lot
> >>>on the Cart contacts. Most of these were Tin plated. You apply a
> >>>coating, let it dry over night, then you could then re-insert the
> >>>card or device. It would last a good long while, but would wear
> >>>after a while and then I would re-apply a new coating. It was used
> >>>mainly on PC's back in the days when you were constantly
> >>>re-inserting plugin cards to get them to work due to the Tin
> >>>plating on the contacts.
> >>
> >>Sounds like Cramolin Gold.  You would use the Red product to clean
> >>oxide off the contacts followed by Gold to seal and protect them.
> >>Radio Shack carries the product, albeit it at a usurious price.
> >
> >Alas, Cramolin gold isn't being made anymore.
> 
> That will come as a surprise to Radio Shack.  Last time I was in the
> store they still had the "twofer" packs of Cramolin.  Red and Gold
> in little spray cans.
> 
> I also have a couple of them on the shelf in the shop.  Maybe they
> are as valuable as Hostess Twinkies nowadays?

Check the date. I used to use cramolin on the job better then 20 years ago.
It was a thin red oil. Put very little on a piece of paper and run it on the
contacts, pins or in the case of a noisy put the carbon or wire. Then take a fresh
peice of paper and wipe the "excess" off. The improvement was amazing. I tried
buying it 17-18 years ago and it had been discontinued then already. At the time
"pro gold" was the closest replacement but as far as I can tell even that's been
discontinued.

Maybe the revived the name cramolin.

The Other Frank

PS - the stuff is expensive but goes a long way. I bought a fluid once of the stuff
17-18 years ago and still have most of it left. I use it a lot too. When putting computers
together I put it on all the connectors and more importantly to clean the contact on my
coco carts!!!