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- From: siegel@world.std.com (Rich Siegel)
- Subject: Re: Will ants do harm to the computer?
- Message-ID: <C07Lts.By2@world.std.com>
- Organization: GCC Technologies
- References: <C07K04.KrD@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 04:29:52 GMT
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- In article <C07K04.KrD@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> chang hsu liu <cliu@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
- >
- >I found 20-30 ants living in the transceiver for the Mac. Although I
- >couldn't find any in the Mac now, I am afraid they might do this
- >in the future. Is there any wisdom on this matter? I guess it's not
- >a good idea to let them live peacefully close to my Mac, but I don't
- >know a best way to prevent them from doing so. Is there any
- >chemicals that I could put on the desk that will prevent them even
- >moving closer to furniture?
-
- You can purchase ant traps at any drugstore, hardware store, or grocery
- store. They're small circular things that you place in any location that
- you think the ants frequent; they'll attract the ants, and that'll be the
- end of it.
-
- In an old job I had a minor problem with ants entering my Mac Plus
- through the ventilation slots - every once in a while there'd be a
- spit from the power supply, the screen would jump, and I knew that
- another ant went to ant heaven...
-
- I don't think they ever did any damage to the computer; on the other
- hand, it can be distasteful to pop open your machine and encounter
- a bunch of dead (or living) ants...
-
- R.
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