Heavy Metal from the 1960s

Any time you're working with older electronics, there's a risk that some of the components may have failed as a result of age. This is especially true of wet electrolytic capacitors. Given that the museum's CDC 161 Typewriter is at least 61 years old (there's an inspection sticker from 1964 in it), the sheer mention of a power supply problem led to a decision to pull the thing out for at least a…