On Sep 2, 5:47 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
The fragility is a result of fairly soft copper wires used as pins--
they are quite durable unless repeatedly bent (which some folks manage
to do when inserting or removing them from the processor socket). If
you always use a tool for removing and always insert straight in after
lining up all the pins, it's not a problem.
My Zip-8000 had such thick pins I was worried it would damage the
motherboard socket. I inserted it into a sacrificial 40 pin DIL socket
which in turn plugs into the motherboard socket.