On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:37 AM, <couryho...@aol.com> wrote: > Folks - Any idea what causes the screen rot? > > also any preventative measures to keep it from happening or spreading? > Ed# > > > > It's the understood chemical decomposition of the adhesive that holds the screen shield to the CRT. It's pretty much inevitable, from what I understand. The solution is to separate the shield from the CRT, clean the face of the CRT and reattach the shield. Some people don't reattach it, and some people think they are risking serious injury - no opinion. Will the newer adhesives hold up better? We hope so. -- Ian
-- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change", UW IRB #42619 Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
