Hello, >It's called a cotton swab I think, but I'm not sure... >Anyway, it will work also, but contact cleaner is designed to solve oxides >and sulfates, so it will work on really dirty connectors as well. It is best to clean the contacts with alcohol after the use of the "contact cleaner"... After using only "contact cleaner" the contacts will oxidate much faster! --[ MARI ]-- **** MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet ****