16 Apr
2008
16 Apr
'08
3:05 p.m.
Ethan wrote:
It was tough getting the
old EIA chips out to mount sockets (must have had heavy copper
inner layers on the mainboard PCB),
I haven't repaired any VT100 or VT220 termainals, but in general I've
found that removing dead parts from boards like that is easiest if you
remove the part with diagonal cutters first, then desolder the pins
individually.
Eric