[Coco] Coco 2b problem: reboots when accessing the disk

Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) retrocanada76 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 26 15:10:38 EST 2013


specially this hard to melt solder tandy used on their computers :P

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Bruce W. Calkins <
> brucewcalkins at charter.net
> > wrote:
>
> > I'd go with the less costly version, in a quality socket.  Cut the legs
> on
> > the dead one with small diagonal cutters and use a solder sucker and
> maybe
> > a toothpick to clean out each hole, then solder in a socket.
> >
>
> A toothpick is a bit large, but I've found an ordinary straight pin has
> exactly the right diameter.  Plus you can heat it and force it through a
> solder-clogged hole
> (while holding it with a pliers, of course).
>
> Art
>
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