25 Mar
2004
25 Mar
'04
5:21 p.m.
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:20:29 -0500
"Teo Zenios" <teoz(a)neo.rr.com> wrote:
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: 256k x 4 Re: finding old RAM
Desoldering ram chips is more effort then its worth.
I used to do it all the time, out in the back yard with a propane torch. It works
really well, once you get fast at it. You have to wear a mask because the fumes are
nasty.
The old days of recovering tons of 64kx1 or 256Kx1 chips that way are long gone, though.
I have enough to populate all my 2091 boards, but
I'll look. I do have
the VGA cards with the ram soldered in, but I'm sure you don't want to go
through the hassles of desoldering them.
Gary Hildebrand
> Any chance you could part with 16 of them?
>
> I only had 2 here (from an old vga card) and those ended up in my
Diamond
ISA video
card (tseng et4000ax) used in my 386/40 old dos game rig.
99% of the computers I deal with use either proprietary memory SIMMs or
standard 30 pin SIMMs and up, so I haven't needed to source loose drams
before.
Teo