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Re: SSC / Broken jumper block pin



In article <fork7voj7r9nuk4fa78b4e9n884h12u74m@4ax.com>,
Grape_Soda  <notgonn@do.it> wrote:
>Well great, I just broke one of the pins on my jumper block (isn't
>remaining inside the SSC, thankfully). How can I fix the jumper block?
>Is it possible to take it apart and add new pins? Or how about
>constructing a new one, does anyone have any schematics for doing
>that? Any help (other than "Buy a new card on eBay") would be
>excellent.

Solder a section of an ordinarily straight pin onto the remaining
stub.  Seriously.  I did that with a rusted-off ROM in my own ][+.

Or, if you can take the cover off the block, you'll probably see the wires
inside and you can construct your own from a DIP header.
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