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The gooey rubber that’s slowly ruining old hard drives

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/the-gooey-rubber-thats-slowly-ruining-old-hard-drives/

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The lack of forward thinking with rubber in and on electronics is a big ongoing bummer.

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    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I wish that someday we can pass down computing technologies like we do with heirloom watches or furnitures.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sure made the line go up a liitle bit that quarter back then though.

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