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by ok123456 1523 days ago
I don't get the whole 'retr0brite' thing. It's 30+ year old plastic. Exposing it to oxidizers will just make it more brittle.

It's only really popular because "The 8-Bit Guy" makes 45 minute videos painstakingly showing you this process, because he lacks the technical ability or background to tell you anything insightful about the computers he's working on---usually common 80s home computers that were poorly stored in someone's attic for decades.