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IIRC, water will not normally damage floppy disks. What you may have to do
is clean them very carefully. You can cut open the plastic envelope and
remove the disk. Rinse the mud off the disk, use soap and water if
necessary, and keep your fingers off the medium. Let air dry. Open a spare
disk envelope and replace the disk with the one you are trying to salvage.
Put it in a drive and give it a go.

Water by itself will not normally damage electronic circuits. Mud may be
another thing. If the water is not removed promptly then you can get rusting
on mechanical parts. If power is applied while water is present all bets are
off. I have heard tell of vendors who would wash electronic equipment in a
dishwasher prior to refurbishing it. The teletype is probably a different
kettle of fish.

Gil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org 
> [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Pat Fitzpatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:31 PM
> To: 'cctech at classiccmp.org'
> Subject: New to list -- Many Issues -- Many Parts Available.
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> I've been a collector (and user) of obsolete computer systems 
> for many years. This list looks like a great source of 
> information. Anyhow...
> 
> Until our basement flooded a couple of weeks ago, I had:
> 

...

> The IMSAI box and the terminal are ok, but the disk drive (an 
> SA400, I believe) and (worse) the box of floppies didn't make 
> it. The drive might be salvageable, but I'm afraid the 
> diskettes are toast. Does anyone out there have any 5-1/4 
> inch 10 sector (hard sectored) floppies? And a copy of the 
> NorthStar DOS and BASIC that they'd like to sell/trade/etc?
> 

...

> As to the other stuff, some is good, some isn't but if anyone 
> needs any parts, I might be able to help out.
> 
> Pat Fitzpatrick
>