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Re: ZipChip //e question



In article <9o778802nmo@enews2.newsguy.com>, William Katz 
<druid@dorsai.org> wrote:

> Robert Boucher <boucher1@alumni.utexas.net> wrote:
> > When I removed my Zip Chip (several times) I used an IC remover. This is
> > a very simple device that has hooks that go under each end of the chip.
> > You very carefully rock the chip until it is removed.
> >
> > Be careful!
> 
> I remember when I first got my 8 Mhz ZipChip //e, I used to remove it, and
> put it back in a few times.
> Now it is seated in *very* tight.  Do you know where I can get an IC
> remover?  I'm guessing from a computer tool kit?

My zip chip (8 mhz) came with a puller that could be used for removing 
the original or the Zip Chip. It was an L shaped tool that you could put 
under each end and pry a bit and then go to the other end. But a 
commercial puller will work.

Geof