Re: Apple IIGS Memory Expansion Card question.

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Andrew James Alan Welty" <andrew@cci-29palms.com> wrote in message
pan.2005.04.09.12.24.08.682669@cci-29palms.com">news:pan.2005.04.09.12.24.08.682669@cci-29palms.com...
: >> : Most ICs are stored in anti-static plastic tubes or "loose" in lab
: >> : environments, with the exceptions being CMOS ICs (including RAMs),
: >> : which are usually kept in conductive foam when not in tubes.
: >>
: >> I'd rather use tubes if I can get them. Lots of my ICs are in tubes
: >> because they came to me that way. If you know a supplier of these
: >> tubes I would happily get them and release the ICs from the Styro.
: >
: > Most of mine came with ICs, and some were "discards" from manufacturing.
: > I expect that many small electronic assemblers would be glad to have
: > someone take them away.  (Then the trick is getting enough of the end
: > closure pins/plugs to allow them to be easily closed and re-opened.)
:
: Easy enough to close off the end of the tube, I've got a few with staples.

Thumb tacks (large) work exceptionally well. Must be the large headed
long pin types. The push pin ones are a bit short, but can be used as
long as you push them up from the groove, not down from the top.

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