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Home Forums 68kMLA Fabbing 30 pin SIMMs — #25
Post #25 by James1095
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateFri, 12 Oct 2012 - 21:52
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/fabbing-30-pin-simms.26286/
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I like the idea of putting newer chips on a 30 pin PCB a lot better than some contraption that plugs into the old SIMM sockets and provides "modern" 72 pin sockets. For one thing the PCB is gonna be a lot larger (= more expensive) and a lot more complex. It's pretty trivial to pop all the chips off a SIMM with a heat gun, hotplate or hot air reflow station and then reflow them onto new boards. I use a temp controlled hotplate I built but I've seen it done with various low tech solutions including a thrift store electric skillet. Anyway the end result has a tidy stock appearance that will fit easily in any machine, not a messy hack with a multitude of wires snaking around.

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