If I understand correctly, blowing your hot saliva breath into an NES cartridge worked temporarily, but it exacerbated the corrosion on the receiving end of the connector inside the console. Fortunately this connector is easy to replace.
That was exactly my theory for the longest time. That the H2O content of the breath would be murder on connectors, over time. I must also yield to the reality that many people seemingly practiced such for many years, without issue. It’s strange.
Possibly other components of saliva tended to offset the moisture content somehow? This needs some research…
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If I understand correctly, blowing your hot saliva breath into an NES cartridge worked temporarily, but it exacerbated the corrosion on the receiving end of the connector inside the console. Fortunately this connector is easy to replace.
That was exactly my theory for the longest time. That the H2O content of the breath would be murder on connectors, over time. I must also yield to the reality that many people seemingly practiced such for many years, without issue. It’s strange.
Possibly other components of saliva tended to offset the moisture content somehow? This needs some research…