Re: Apple IIgs Upgrade From Apple //e

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Scott Alfter wrote:

>In article <20030203150731.00163.00000014@mb-fi.aol.com>,
>Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>>Radio Shack (and others) have simple, hand-held vacuum devices that
>>work by releasing a cocked spring-driven piston.  These can instantly
>>suck molten solder out of holes.
>
>Radio Shack also has a desoldering iron...it's basically a 45-watt soldering
>iron with a hollow tip.  The tip has a rubber bulb attached at the end of a
>metal arm...squeeze the bulb, put the tip over the joint, melt the solder,
>and let go of the bulb.  You can work the iron with one hand (use your thumb
>to control the bulb), it's fairly cheap ($10), and if you replace the stock
>tip with the heavy-duty tip (which'll set you back a whole $2.00), you'll
>get fairly long life out of it.  (The tip that comes with it wears out
>pretty quickly, but I've been using the same heavy-duty tip for years.)
>
>The part numbers are 64-2060 for the iron and 64-2062 for the heavy-duty
>tip.  It might not be as spiffy as a vacuum desoldering station, but it gets
>the job done without putting a big dent in your wallet.

It certainly does.  I also have one of these, and have found it much faster
than solder wick for desoldering ICs.

When I wrote my reply, I momentarily forgot that it was a Radio Shack
item.  ;-)

-michael

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