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On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 16:07:58 UTC, Blake Patterson
<bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.

What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

You don't say how wide. If not very, look at using the self adhesive
foil used in burgalr alarm systems to stretch across windows...it's
conductive but breaks the circuit when the foil breaks.

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In article <bwpatter-4AF545.12075809072003@news.bellatlantic.net>,
Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

: I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
: with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
: with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
: that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
: want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
: to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.
:
: What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

Google to the rescue: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=aluminum+foil+tape

You should be able to get aluminum foil tape at any hardware store or home center, it's usually used for sealing ductwork (as opposed to using ductape, which is most definatley not good for sealing ductwork - the adhesive on aluminum foil tape should last much longer).


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

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Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote:

In article <bwpatter-4AF545.12075809072003@news.bellatlantic.net>,
Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

: I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
: with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
: with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
: that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
: want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
: to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.
:
: What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

Google to the rescue: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=aluminum+foil+tape

You should be able to get aluminum foil tape at any hardware store or home center, it's usually used for sealing ductwork (as opposed to using ductape, which is most definatley not good for sealing ductwork - the adhesive on aluminum foil tape should last much longer).

Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

yeah.. I discovered this myself. traditional duct tape doesn't stick to
ducts very well. The foil stuff sticks extremely well. (not sure if
the adhesive is conductive tho. If it's not, you'll have to be careful
to make sure your shielding is grounded somehow.

Steve

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he leaves you alone" - me

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In article <behmn8$4sgcp$1@fido.engr.sgi.com>, Steve Modica <modica@sgi.com> wrote:

: not sure if
: the adhesive is conductive tho. If it's not, you'll have to be careful
: to make sure your shielding is grounded somehow.

I would think that even if the adhesive isn't conductive, the capacitive coupling to the grounded parts of the shielding that the tape would partially cover should be enough to handle most EMI concerns.


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

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In article <nicoya-829137.11343209072003@news.pp.shawcable.net>,
Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@apia.dhs.org> wrote:

In article <bwpatter-4AF545.12075809072003@news.bellatlantic.net>,
Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

: I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
: with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
: with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
: that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
: want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
: to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.

: What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

Google to the rescue: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=aluminum+foil+tape

You should be able to get aluminum foil tape at any hardware store or home >center, [ ... ]

Or, you can go to most auto parts places and get exhaust pipe/muffler
repair tape, in nice shiny chrome.


Gary

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Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@apia.dhs.org> wrote in message news:nicoya-67D955.15253109072003@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net...

I would think that even if the adhesive isn't conductive, the capacitive coupling to the grounded parts of the shielding that the tape would
partially cover should be enough to handle most EMI concerns.

I think the *opposite* is true because you would essentially form a huge metal-oxide-metal (MOM) transistor, i.e.:

metal tape layer ---------------------------------------------
capacitive coupling through adheisive layer ---------------------------------------------
metal shielding layer

The RF energy radiated from sweeping the electon beam would be pumped
through the nonlinearity created by the tape "transistor" and re-radiated on multiple frequencies. The effect is known as passive intermodulation or
PIM. Using non-conductive tape for EMI shielding is worse than leaving the hole.

And of course there are also the safety issues created (read: huge electric shock hazard) from using a high voltage electric field to capacitively
charge a piece of ungrounded metal...

- Mike



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Its called "conductive aluminum tape" (seriously). You can probably pick
some up at a local hardware store next to the duct tape.

I think 3M offers it for sale as an OEM, but I doubt you're interested in a large quantity--I expect that you only need a few inches to repair the
shield. However, if you can't find what you want at a local hardware store
you can probably get free samples from 3M.

The word *conductive* is critical -- using non-conductive tape would create
a really large metal-oxide-metal transistor. Moreover, it could be unsafe since the ungrounded metal tape is capacitively coupled to a high voltage source.

- Mike


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He could also go to a Home Depot and get aluminum tape.


"Quadrajet1" <quadrajet1@aol.com> wrote in message news:20030709203425.06064.00000146@mb-m04.aol.com...

Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote:

In article <bwpatter-4AF545.12075809072003@news.bellatlantic.net>,
Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

: I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
: with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking

duct

: with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding

tape

: that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
: want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not

seem

: to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum

foil.

:
: What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

I've got several rolls of 3M copper tape at home, in both 1/2" and 1"

wide.

I can mail you 10 feet or so if you e-mail me...

Raymond

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yeh I've not heard of MOM transistors either. But as for metal tape I'd
use Aluminium tape. RS sell the stuff by the role. All good hardware
stores sell Aluminium tape too. I use it to cover pipe thermal insulation
on our cooling systems.

hope this is of some help

regards

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On 10 Jul 2003, Arno Wagner wrote:

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote:

Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@apia.dhs.org> wrote in message news:nicoya-67D955.15253109072003@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net...

I would think that even if the adhesive isn't conductive, the capacitive >> coupling to the grounded parts of the shielding that the tape would
partially cover should be enough to handle most EMI concerns.

I think the *opposite* is true because you would essentially form a huge metal-oxide-metal (MOM) transistor, i.e.:

metal tape layer ---------------------------------------------
capacitive coupling through adheisive layer ---------------------------------------------
metal shielding layer

This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.

I also have never heard of MOM stransistrs, only MOS.

The key to MOS transistors is a semi-conductor that has movable
electrons and can be made more or less conducting by applying an
external electric field.

Should I be mistaken, please provide a reference for "MOM Transistors"

Regards,
Arno

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Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:bejt38$5svc1$2@ID-2964.news.dfncis.de...

This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.

Perhaps every *unsealed* capacitor would act like a resistor.

I also have never heard of MOM stransistrs, only MOS.

Okay, then think of as a a really large diode, where the oxidized metal surfaces form the semiconductor material.

The key to MOS transistors is a semi-conductor that has movable
electrons and can be made more or less conducting by applying an
external electric field.

Since this is apparently an LCD monitor (I thought it was like a Sony
Triniton flat-screen, not an LCD) the voltages are not likely to be high
enough for this to be an issue.

Should I be mistaken, please provide a reference for "MOM Transistors"

Regards,
Arno

The references I used are proprietary.

If you are seriously interested then I recommend:
- search Google for references on "passive intermodulation" or "PIM"
- pick up a copy of the conference report by the European Space Agency:

Multipactor, RF and DC Corona and Passive Intermodulation in Space RF Hardware", 4-6 September 2000, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

- Mike


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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote:

Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:bejt38$5svc1$2@ID-2964.news.dfncis.de...

This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.

Perhaps every *unsealed* capacitor would act like a resistor.

Resistor for RF yes, transistor no. A transistor is an active
component, while a resitor or a capatitor is not.

I also have never heard of MOM stransistrs, only MOS.

Okay, then think of as a a really large diode, where the oxidized metal surfaces form the semiconductor material.

Since when does oxydized metal have semiconductor-properties?
In fact in a MOS-FET, the metal oxyde froms the insulator, just like
the PN-junktion in a JFET.

The key to MOS transistors is a semi-conductor that has movable
electrons and can be made more or less conducting by applying an
external electric field.

[...]

The references I used are proprietary.

If you are seriously interested then I recommend:
- search Google for references on "passive intermodulation" or "PIM"
- pick up a copy of the conference report by the European Space Agency: Multipactor, RF and DC Corona and Passive Intermodulation in Space RF Hardware", 4-6 September 2000, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Aha, now I know what you are talking about! (Roughly, as this RF
stuff is in part black magic in my eyes.) This is not about an
active element, but rather a passive mixer/modulator/resonator-effect.
Yes that could certainly happen with isolated strips of conducting
material.

Arno
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Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:PUiPa.65379$JY1.11743@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...

Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:bejt38$5svc1$2@ID-2964.news.dfncis.de...

This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.

Perhaps every *unsealed* capacitor would act like a resistor.

I can't believe that I typed 'resistor'!!

I'm using Outlook Express as a newsgroup reader. Can anyone tell me how to disable the spell-checker in Outlook Express so it stops offering to 'fix'
my 'mistakes' for me?

Thanks in advance,

- Mike



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"Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:nCmPa.76164$n%5.16827@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...

Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I7mPa.65478$JY1.23957@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
...snip...

I'm using Outlook Express as a newsgroup reader. Can anyone tell me how

to

disable the spell-checker in Outlook Express so it stops offering to

'fix'

my 'mistakes' for me?

I figured out how to change Outlook Express so that the spell checking is
now optional. Hopefully my posts will make a little more sense now. :-)

Can anyone recommend a better newreader than Outlook Express? Are there

any

news readers available for the Apple II?

Since this may be drifting too far off-topic, please respond by e-mail.

This whole damned thread is OFF-TOPIC!

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:07:58 GMT, Blake Patterson
<bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> Gave us:

I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.

What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

Thanks.

Digi-Key and Mouser both have "copper tape". Many uses, among which
are taping the edge of a Cathode Ray Tube. I know your isn't that.,
but that is what we use it for. Little 5" monitors.

I also saw some in a mag for electronic manufacturing supplies, like
tape. I'll find it on my desk at work, and list it for ya.
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 13:25:44 -0500, Steve Modica <modica@sgi.com> Gave
us:

yeah.. I discovered this myself. traditional duct tape doesn't stick to >ducts very well. The foil stuff sticks extremely well. (not sure if
the adhesive is conductive tho. If it's not, you'll have to be careful
to make sure your shielding is grounded somehow.

Very good. Adhesive type, and thickness are important factors. The
copper tape sold for this use is coated very thinly with what I'm sure
is NOT an insulative material. Well... reasonably sure.
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:17:06 -0400, "Bill Garber"
<willy46pa@comcast.net> Gave us:

"Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Are there
any

news readers available for the Apple II?

To Michael: Try netscape 3.0?

Since this may be drifting too far off-topic, please respond by e-mail.

This whole damned thread is OFF-TOPIC!

WHOOPIE DOO, YA WUSS. It isn't in alt.electronics.

Life just ain't that tragic. Jeez.
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DarkMatter <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:m3asgvgl5ccr6723v0cl3m9nnnhj03nsu5@4ax.com...

Are there any news readers available for the Apple II?

To Michael: Try netscape 3.0?

Are you *sure* that Netscape makes a news reader for the Apple II?

I checked Netscape's web site and don't see any mention of a news reader for the Apple II -- you do realize that the Apple II is *not* a Mac, right?

Please point me to where I can find a copy, if it exists.

- Mike



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On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 06:35:16 GMT, "Michael Pender"
<mpender@hotmail.com> Gave us:

DarkMatter <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >news:m3asgvgl5ccr6723v0cl3m9nnnhj03nsu5@4ax.com...

Are there any news readers available for the Apple II?

To Michael: Try netscape 3.0?

Are you *sure* that Netscape makes a news reader for the Apple II?

I checked Netscape's web site and don't see any mention of a news reader for >the Apple II -- you do realize that the Apple II is *not* a Mac, right?

Please point me to where I can find a copy, if it exists.

You probably can't just hit netscape's site and get archived
releases. But yeah.. I guess it is very unlikely that platform is
carried.
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In article <2dl0hvgpe403ahphm5rfqk6e5f76jndann@4ax.com>,
DarkMatter <TheBartenderBuyMeADrink> wrote:
:On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 06:35:16 GMT, "Michael Pender"
:<mpender@hotmail.com> Gave us:

DarkMatter <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message :>news:m3asgvgl5ccr6723v0cl3m9nnnhj03nsu5@4ax.com...

Are there any news readers available for the Apple II?

: You probably can't just hit netscape's site and get archived
:releases. But yeah.. I guess it is very unlikely that platform is
:carried.

As a matter of fact, you can get archived releases from Netscape. http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive.html

No sign of a release for an Apple II, though.

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc DarkMatter <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:17:06 -0400, "Bill Garber"
<willy46pa@comcast.net> Gave us:

"Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Are there
any

news readers available for the Apple II?

To Michael: Try netscape 3.0?

Good joke!

Seriously the Apple II has several orders of magnitude
to little RAM and CPU-power for a modern graphical browser.

Arno

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