PROTECTIVE PLUGS FOR AC AND SERIAL PORTS

It bothered me that HP didn't supply plugs to cover the AC and Serial ports, so one night I settled down with my 95LX, and a "Magic Rub" eraser (not crumbly like the others), an X-Acto knife and a pencil.

I rubbed the pencil around the outline of the AC jack, then pressed the white eraser against it, leaving the outline of the port opening on the eraser. I then set upon it with the knife, carving away until I had a nice plug with a rim around it. I repeated this process with the serial port, and colored the erasers with a black permanent marker.

These plugs keep dust and other contaminants from entering the 95LX through the two openings, and helps prevent the serial port pins from getting bent by pens and other tools of destruction.

Dave Goodman

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