ScuzzBlog: Diaries July 2018 Entry 1st July 2018: Post 18: ZX81 Sinclair ZX81 - Those melting wires When I go through boxes of late I am minded to isolate the wires from the polystyrene and place soft tissue around the wires to prevent them coming into contact with the casing. It is less about the actual wires degrading and more about the wires coming into contact with the computer plastics and burning into the plastic. The degrading of plastic is one that is generally just cosmetic but in certain cases can be very harmful. I opened this ZX81 box and discovered the white sticky on the wires so decided to take all the contents out of the case and clean off the white polystyrene residue and isolate the cables. Wasn't a big problem as the cables were not that sticky. Worth doing all the same. Also tested the ZX81 for basic power. Mostly to check the power supply which is becoming a touch rare now. Sinclair ZX81

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