The really good cleaning fluid, was issued by STK and a few other third party hardware vendors, was Freon based. But you cannot get it anymore, it has been banned because it damages the ozone layer. So your stuck with denatured alcohol now.
Leif David Boyes wrote:
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:48:39 -0400 From: David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: More Ancient History: source for 3420 cleaning fluid? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=3D_NextPart_001_01C6AB5B.9D13FAC6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does anyone still know of a source that sells 3420 cleaning fluid and supplies? In the process of working through these old tapes from Princeton, I'm burning through the small supply I have of the stuff rapidly (2 pints so far), and still have a few thousand tapes to go.=3D20 =3D20 The amount of oxide flaking and just general destruction these tapes have is amazing - gunk everywhere. Hats off to the data recovery folks - I'd really hate to have to do this all the time. Freeze drying, careful rereading, multiple retries... sheesh. Phase of the moon for some of these volumes.=3D20 =3D20 Pretty scary that the circa 1970s volumes actually seem to have a higher readability index so far.=3D20 =3D20 David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates
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