[Coco] 128K CoCo 3 is DOA D:

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 06 October 2012 11:30:44 Rogelio Perea did opine:

> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > But all this noise about removing the chip should be coming
> > accompanied by the phrase
> > 
> >  "using a PLCC puller"!
> > 
> > It is very dangerous to the socket frame to attempt to pry it out, 99%
> > of the time you WILL crack the frame, and there goes the majority of
> > the sockets contact pressure between the chip and the socket.  The
> > pullers are about a tenner in USD & that the shack did carry them at
> > one time. Otherwise people like Jameco or Digi-Key have them.
> 
> Indeed. Something like this:
> 
> http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_1676
> 6_-1
> 
Yup, thats it, very good price too.

> There are cheaper versions but something like the above is the best
> option.
> 
> 
> -- RP
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