Re: removing chip from board

[netcoking@aol.com (Netco King)]

> > Rick Light (rick.light@swamp.mn.org) wrote in comp.sys.apple2:
> > >I had a couple of RAM chips go bad on a fully loaded Apple 1 meg
memory
> > >card.  I have a number of extra cards with 256 K soldered on the
boards
> > >and would like to remove the chips and use them if possible.  How do
you
> > >do something like this?  Thanks for the help.
>
> I know it is hard to picture this, but buying the chips you need may be
a
> lot cheaper.  You can buy the chips and install them easily and no
hassles
> or worries about damaging the chip you are trying to remove.  You can
try
> it, but I think you will find that a couple bucks for a couple chips is
> not a bad deal.

I'd like to second this opinion.  I was an electronics assembler in
different
electronics companies for several years, and I can vouch that removing
soldered-in components takes some skill and all the correct tools.  You
also
have to worry about overheating the part with the soldering iron, ESD
precautions, etc.  Better off just buying the chips.

Art...

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