Re: RamGS memory Card Question

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>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