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by shrubble 1255 days ago
I remember 10 years ago when my friend asked me to go look at his restaurant client's computer and diagnose/fix if possible.

The 486 based PC had a mix of grease and lint/dust on every possible surface including the power supply fan, all cabling and the entirety of the motherboard. It had been placed on a shelf near one of the deep fryers and had run without problems for years. Certainly the other end of the 'long tail' of computing!