Re: VECTOR: Ballblazer Carts...

A skillfully used blowtorch works well too, but beware the stench.  Also be 
careful not to overheat. Make sure you do this outside somewhere.

Mark Hooks

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Ballblazer Carts...


>I put the pcb in a vice upside down so the pins are pointing upwards then
> heat the pcb with an electric heat gun. The IC just drops out along with
> most of the other components!
>
> Phil.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James R. Twine" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:54 PM
> Subject: RE: VECTOR: Ballblazer Carts...
>
>
>>    Anybody got a solder pot (and 5lbs of solder :) they want to
>> give/loan me?  It makes pretty short work of desoldering the chips
>> 'cause you can dip the pins into it to quickly melt the solder on them
>> all at once.  Keep a grip on the chip and on the cartridge and pull 'em
>> apart...
>>
>>    Another way, although not at neat and a little dangerous, is to try
>> to break the PCB right at the centerline of where the pins are.  This
>> often leaves solder and small parts of the PCB and/or traces attached to
>> the chip's pins, but you can then heat up each pin and give it a quick
>> bump to knock the stuff off.
>>
>>    (Ahhh... the things you do to get at a chip off a scrap board when
>> you are young, poor, and only have a 30 watt soldering iron!)
>>
>>    Peace!
>>
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>> -=- James R. Twine, ([email protected])
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>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Werner Sharp [mailto:[email protected]]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:00 AM
>> > To: [email protected]
>> > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Ballblazer Carts...
>> >
>> > I bought a case of these years ago and there's one gotcha with these.
>> > Desoldering a 40 pin chip is a real pain in the *ss.  Maybe
>> > I'm just not a
>> > good desolderer but getting all 40 pins free takes a while.
>> > I still have 50
>> > cartridge boards still in a box in the basement with Pokeys attached.
>> >
>> > If you're all going to get a bulk buy together, it would be
>> > nice if one
>> > person with a faster way to desolder them like a solder bath
>> > could help out.
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Cris Rhea" <[email protected]>
>> > To: <[email protected]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:00 AM
>> > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Ballblazer Carts...
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 07:48:37PM -0500, Christopher X.
>> > Candreva wrote:
>> > >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Cris Rhea wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > What was the going rate per cart??
>> > >>
>> > >> $2.
>> > >>
>> > >> ==========================================================
>> > >> Chris Candreva  -- [email protected] -- (914) 967-7816
>> > >> WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
>> > >> http://www.westnet.com/
>> > >>
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>> > > You can count me in for 10-15.
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>> > > PayPal OK, yada, yada....
>> > >
>> > > --- Cris
>> > >
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