Re: RamGS memory Card Question

[Danny <>]

Ray-

That is a very generous offer.  I could send you the board and chips
that I have, and some $$ for return shipping and time/expense.

It sounds as if you are better at this than I would be.

This solution would please me most because I don't want to invest much
more $$$ on this card.  I don't think it is fair that M.C should
charge $2 a chip for pulls that won't even seat in the card.  They
should at least SAY they are pulls.

Keep me informed as to what is going on and we can stay in contact.

My email:  dlitwin@hotmail.com.SPAM

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-Dan


On 31 Jul 2000 05:03:59 GMT, quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1) wrote:

>>Well, my ZIP chips I got from MC Howard were the 1 x 1MB ones.  They
>>said they still had some.  I hope they didn't give me the wrong ones,
>>but  I specifically told them which type I was looking for.
>>
>>My problem is that I can't get the chips to seat correctly on the
>>sockets.  It looks as if some of the pins aren't long enough to make a
>>good seating.  Maybe I need to bend them a little.
>>
>>If I was good enough, I would just unsolder the sockets and solder the
>>chips in place on the card, but I am not that good.
>>
>>Any advice?
>>
>>Maybe I will scrap the whole project and buy a Sirrius card.  I have
>>got some 1MB 30 pin simms laying around.....
>>
>>-Dan
>
>   Currently I have 6 or so RamGS cards laying around, all with 2 Megs onboard.
> I have quite a few of the 1 Meg by 1 ZIP RAM that are pulls.  I have a Hakko
>desoldering station, and when I get a chance, I am gonna desolder the 16
>sockets, and just solder the RAM directly to the boards.  When I was at MC
>Howard, I did see some 1 Meg by 1 ZIP RAM that were obviously desoldered from
>boards, and they did look awful.
>
>   If you want, we can work out desoldering the ZIP sockets off your board and
>soldering the RAM to the board.  By the way, I got the RAM from some 1 Meg by 9
>30 pin SIMMs made with ZIP RAM.  I am able to test the RAM chips before I
>remove them from the SIMMs and after I install them to the RamGS cards.  As
>soon as the RamGS test software arrives, that is.
>
>Raymond