4 Jun
2006
4 Jun
'06
10:23 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
A friend of mine who should understand this has told
me it's OK to solder
modern, lead-free components with leaded solder (and to solder them onto
old boards with lead 'tinning'), but not to use lead-free solder on
leaded parts. So I should be able to buy, say, modern lead-free resistors
and solder them with leaded solder into my PDP11s.
Well modern parts are better, but sometimes you still need *GOOD*
quality old stuff too. I am building a valve amp and I want the best
value for my money, but I can't find offhand a good source for some
3 watt 100 ohm bias pots and a 100k adjustable pot for the regulated
powersupply voltage adjust since you can't use the new-tiny resistors
that they seem to market now days.
I seem to like working my own valve stuff since you can hold and even
see the parts that you need to solder too.