3 Jun
2012
3 Jun
'12
11:18 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: Apple I on Ebay
Sure, with work, he can find all original chips with proper
date codes and everything, but the pins will have had
many years to
age. If he does not clean up the pins, the solder joints will be
suboptimal*, and will be noticed during the authentication process. > Will
Suboptimal for a device that is not expected to even be powered on let alone
used enough for early failure?
These boards were hand soldered to begin with, you have to master the makers
(woz) soldering style and then chemically age the solder without affecting
anything else.