Re: I need a chip extractor!!

[oaaland@aol.com (O Aaland)]

>Toby Reiter  <treiter@cs.oberlin.edu> wrote:
>>Someone gave me a Transwarp GS card, over which I am very psyched, but I
>>guess I need some kind of chip extractor to get out my old 65c816.  Should
>>I just get a standard chip extractor

>   A flathead screwdriver does the job quite easily. Put it under one
>end, lift a milimeter or few, go to other end, life few more mm,
>repeat until out. If in a pinch, the nailfile from finger/toenail
>clipper will do just as well. In short, just be nice to the chip
>and don't bend its pins too much.

>Nathan Mates

Since the 65c816 chip in the TransWarp is not in the same DIP package as
on the GS motherboard Maybe someone could tell Nathan and me which side of
this SQUARE chip is the  correct end to insert the screwdriver under,
especiallt scince it sits inside a plastic housing that is part of the socket?

(PS: I managed to get mine out with the help of a lagre straight pin.)

Owen Aaland