Re: I need a chip extractor!!

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

O Aaland wrote:
> 
> >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

Read the post, he's trying to remove the 65c816 on the main logic
board so he can install the Transwarp. A screwdriver works fine 
on the MLB.

    Wayne