Relax Clay, I was there, unless you stating whether I was sitting over your shoulder while you typed.
I am not your enemy.
Understand the difference.
I did not post your guides as my own, ever.
I did not take credit for your work, ever.
I am a pinball historian, collector, and restorer, just as you are.
Nearly, but not quite, for as much time as you have been.
I never discounted your work, and supported your efforts.
I will correct the wording so there is no confusion, and admit my wording error based on the age of the system ( MPU AS-2518-17 and Bally AS-2518-35) and the type of damage in my haste of typing.
Let's get a bit more technical...
I should have stated, "The corrosion essentially comes from a chemical reaction between the corrosive components inside the battery and the copper PC board traces. The specific rechargeable NiCad battery corrosion on MPU damages copper traces on the MPU and must be fully removed in order to conduct repairs proper in allow proper servicing for correct solder work which otherwise prevents adhesion of the new solder, not to mention continued expansion of the corrosion to further traces, ICs, and the rest of the board. Failure to fully remove this surrounding corrosion results in grayish dry granular solder hardening which does not provide proper electrical contact and poor quality repairs, ultimately making the board nearly impossible for formal repair."
This did not come out of the repair guide, but out of my head.
Is that better for everyone?
I should not have used "quick pinball jargon", that was my mistake.
They were not alkaline, nor "acid".
I don't think we need an entire formal dissertation on actual neutralization and cleanup of corrosion on this thread.
Some of the older collector folks just took time to come around, I remember the resistance when the idea was introduced.
This includes fandangling on the included photographs, which is parts of references and contributors, not just the writing, which seemed to be overlooked but in some cases just as important.
I not sure why you take things so personally based on contributions often.
You already mentioned Joe Blackwell, which I considered him a direct contributor to your DE work.
If you do not, that is your prerogative, as I don't crosscheck every footnote, and I don't know who does that sort of thing, and I have an extreme attention to detail myself.
If you want to state that everything was generated or written by you, I am not going to argue.
I am not here to circumvent or argue your biographies or footnotes, or personally attack you.
I supported your work, personally, multiple times for nearly 20 years in this case.
It was a good thing overall for the community, which I shared based on the lack of information that occurred in the early 90s.
If you can successfully get the documents copyrighted, why not publish them formally (meaning in a $#@!ing book) instead of dinking around with this situation that been the case for decades?
At this point since, they were pulled, quite a few years ago I might add, it would make better sense that they way people went around you, copied your entire website and posted in on overseas forums like http://techniek.flipperwinkel.nl.
You might even get a few new contributions for systems not included like AGC and Ted Zale "zipper flipper" systems I specialize on, based differences or uniqueness in designs. It would be a good time for a major update "upgrade". Others might add their repair directories which were left out like Zaccaria with David Gersic, base on a change of opinion. Of course, I cannot speak for others, just myself.