HP Museum describes the 10c’s construction as follows:
“Previous HP's had a flexible sheet under the keyboard to protect the electronics from minor spills and dirt. The 10C series took this further by having a single large sheet of film under the keyboard that wrapped around the electronics and overlapped at the back. This sheet consisted of three bonded layers: the outer layers were nonconductive, but the center layer was conductive. There was also an inner conductive film surrounding the main circuit board. These films gave the CMOSC chips a high degree of electrostatic protection.”
Were the 12c’s made during the same time period (‘80's) put together as well as the other Voyagers? Maybe the engineering Voyager's were designed to survive harsher conditions than those used by the business folks?
Edited: 23 Nov 2003, 7:38 p.m.