16 Jul
2011
16 Jul
'11
5:34 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: Socket issue in Commodore PETS
> > You may (or may not) be interested in some
issues I've had with my
> > Commodore PET. It's certainly educated me about the vunerablility of
> > old
> > sockets.
I would certainly replace all the sockets with
turned-pin ones, .....
My experience with the PET has made me re-assess the old adage of reseating
socketed chips as a first step in trying to get something the doesn't work
to work. Cheap old sockets may not take kindly to having something yanked
out of them that have been snuggly entrenched for 30+ years. Far from
helping to fix a fault, it actually may introduce a new one.
I was quite careful when I swapped these chips around but that was enough to
cause socket failure on BOTH boards.
Terry (Tez)