17 Apr
2002
17 Apr
'02
5:17 p.m.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
I thought the Apple I was sold as a kit? It would be possible to desolder
a whole board without damage to scan it, but it takes lots of time,
patience, and skill.
Are the pcboard layouts and print sets for the
Apple I available
somewhere? I might like to build a replica someday.
No PC board layouts that I am aware of, but I do have the schematics.
I would very much like to re-create the PC board layouts. Eric Smith
and I wanted to try to do this with the last Apple-1 the VCF auctioned
but there's really no way to get the layout without desoldering all
the sockets, and I don't know anyone who would want to do that with
their nicely wave-soldered Apple-1. If someone has an x-ray machine handy, perhaps we
could do it that
way.
An x-ray won't work very well. The resolution isn't high enough, and the
image will look fuzzy. It also won't work at all for double sided boards,
which I think are what the Apple I uses.
-Toth