So, I have an ever-growing collection of old computers and one thing I've been putting off doing while repairing/refurbishing them is cleaning up the connectors.
I tried once with some isopropyl alcohol and some DeoxIT D100 and it didn't really seem to be that effective.
Attached is an example. The connectors are very dull with what looks like maybe some kind of surface corrosion. This is common on all my old stuff. Nothing is rusted, just "old" looking.
I'd like to keep the machines as original as possible so I don't really want to go replacing components unless they absolutely need to be. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can clean these up a bit?
Moving slightly off-topic but if anyone is curious, so far my collection consists of:
Apple IIe
Apple Macintosh Classic
Apple Macintosh SE FDHD
Apple Macintosh LC575
Apple Power Macintosh 7600/200
Amstrad PC1512DD
Amstrad NC100
Commodore 64
Atari 1040ST
IBM PS/2 Model 30 (8530-E21)
IBM PC 286, 386, 486 & Pentium clones
Toshiba 440CDX laptop
Nintendo Game Boy (Original model)
Various Compaq/HP PocketPC's
I'm actually not a fan of modern Apple products (I'm a Windows/Android (PrivatOS) user).