SPARCstation 20 with SCSI2SD

For fully potted parts like the 48T59, I make four cuts along the sides of the encapsulation, on the short ends I cut until I hit metal (pins coming up from the IC to the crystal/battery). On the long ends I just cut deep enough to get through the pot shell and into the potting compound a little. Then I put a small chisel or large screwdriver in one of the cuts on the short ends, and strike it with a small ball peen hammer. This will usually split the encapsulation right off, but sometimes you have to flip it over and do the same on the other short end. I probably need to do a writeup on fully potted parts, like the 48T59 and DS1287. Thanks, Jonathan On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:52 AM Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: