30 Dec
2005
30 Dec
'05
7:12 a.m.
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:44:58 -0600
Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:
Ethan Dicks wrote:
Naw, adding a socket amounts to 'modifying the design' and
ruining the historical value of the piece. You'd be doing it
just for 'convenience' which would be the same as replacing
special proprietary screw heads on a power supply. ;-)
On 12/29/05, Doc Shipley <doc at
mdrconsult.com> wrote:
Hmmm. I know it's near-heresy here, but I'll probably just solder
the new clock chip back in. Unless you'd know the part number of said
low-profile socket? ;)
Thanks for the pointers, y'all. I
don't really collect PCs, but that
SLT/286 has some sentimental significance. It's worth a couple of bucks
and some solder time.
I removed (desoldered) a dead Dallas clock module from mine and
installed a low-profile socket only to find that there isn't even
clearance for _that_. So I nibbled a hole in the bottom of the
battery tray, and the replacement module sticks up just a little bit.