Re: Need a POKEY Desolder advice

As much as I like Art (he's stood up for me in the past), I think he's
missing the whole point here.

What we have:
A game cart for a game system we don't have that happens to have a 40 pin
chip on it that will make LOTS of our games work again.

What we want:
That chip off the board and usable. The board is going to the garbage tip
(threw that in for our UK fans).

I'd have to say that if a blow torch will get the chip off the disposable
board in record time as opposed to trying to desolder every connection
without breaking any pins, then a blowtorch IS the right tool for the job.

Let's see, if I bought 10 carts and had 40 pins each, how much solder wick
would that be?

Just MHO,

-Al-

> In a message dated 9/27/2003 11:30:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> pinball@telus.net writes:
>
>> I use my patented Propane Torch Method (r)(c) [;-)] of
>> desoldering...do this outside!
>
>
> Some guy living in a limestone cave in France 25,000 years ago patented
> that first - Good Lord how primitive can you get.
>
> If you want to be in a hobby and do some board repairs, at least budget
> some $$ for the right equipment - hand operated desoldering irons are
> less than $50, and solder wick is even cheaper.
>
> Art

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Received on Sun Sep 28 19:15:19 2003