12 Sep
2008
12 Sep
'08
12:16 a.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Whew. I dunno if I want to tackle that just yet. I have a schematic
set but no wire-list... not sure it'd really be worth the effort to
completely rebuild the board... I don't even have any actual software to
run on this thing (except for what I feel like toggling into the front
panel) once I get it running :).
But I'll keep it in mind. Thanks!
Josh
You mustn't have read the thread.
This machine is wire wrapped. Replacing the sockets would be
tantamount to building the boards from scratch.
You're right that I haven't been following this thread... Still, my
comment stands. I don't think I'd consider it any more work to replace
WW ones and re-wrap them than if they were soldered onto a PCB
(especially if it has multiple layers), as long as you have some sort
of schematice/wire list. If you wanted to be creative, you could
probably cut the pins off the old sockets (or disassemble the sockets
to get the pins out), and figure out how to replace the sockets
(soldering new ones onto the old pins) without having to re-wrap
everything.
Pat