21 Feb
2008
21 Feb
'08
11:51 a.m.
On Feb 21, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I beg to disagree. I've had the odd bad contact in the formed-pin
sockets, I've never had a bad contact in turned-pin ones.
I also agree 100% with you here Tony. Machined-pin sockets are
worth every penny in my experience.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Actually, 99% of probelms in old PETs are due to the
terrible IC
sockets
used. I find it best to replace the lot with good turned-pin
ones. That
may well cure this fault, if not, at least you know that's _not_ the
problem (nothing worst that trying to trace logic faults on a PCB
with
bad connections!).
Tony, believe in me: Turned pin sockets are an unnecessary
spent money