From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sat Jan 06 2001 - 17:38:45 EST
there is also a glue remover..
3-M makes it i think..
but i'm not sure what it will do to the velvet finish on the 701..
tape, used sticky side down will lift some leftover sticky glue..
Cordially, :-)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Forrest English" <forrest_at_truffula.net>
To: <epbrown01_at_att.net>; <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: IBM 701 questions
>
> there's some stuff that is citrus based, or in fact, just lemon juice
should
> work well on removing sticker gunk.
>
> On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 18:44:55 GMT, Emanuel Brown said:
>
> > Well, now I've got 5 IBM Thinkpad 701s sitting on the work bench,
> > and some questions have come up:
> > 1) Three of the laptops bear the marks of corporate property
> > stickers being rather poorly removed. Anyone know of a solution that
> > would remove the sticker residue without harming the finish?
> > 2) Does anyone know what IBM charges for the external floppy drives
> > nowadays? I paid $70 each for the laptops, but it looks like the
> > floppy goes for even more on eBay. I'm one floppy short.
> > 3) Ditto for the AC adapter, except I'm two short on those.
> > =09
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Emanuel
> > "Everybody wants a normal life and a cool car;
> > most people settle for the car." Chris Titus
> > 1983 911 SC
> > http://home.att.net/~epbrown01/91183.jpg
> >
>
> --
> Forrest English
> http://truffula.net
>
> "I don't like this air, but that doesn't
> mean I'm going to stop breathing."
> -Doug Martsch
>
>
>
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