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It's bad when you can buy a whole computer for spares cheaper than one chip! I wanted a spare 1772 myself but they are too expensive at the mo.

Forgottenmyname wrote: 25 Oct 2018 12:15 It's bad when you can buy a whole computer for spares cheaper than one chip! I wanted a spare 1772 myself but they are too expensive at the mo.

Yeah, chips are getting really expensive. I am trying to source as many as I can this week to buy like 100 of each before prices get any worse. Even so chip prices in my store are going to be jumping up in the near future, its just un-avoidable :(

exxos wrote: 25 Oct 2018 12:52

Forgottenmyname wrote: 25 Oct 2018 12:15 It's bad when you can buy a whole computer for spares cheaper than one chip! I wanted a spare 1772 myself but they are too expensive at the mo.

Yeah, chips are getting really expensive. I am trying to source as many as I can this week to buy like 100 of each before prices get any worse. Even so chip prices in my store are going to be jumping up in the near future, its just un-avoidable :(

All the more reason for your FPGA direction to replace each chip.

Icky, blisters are pretty had to find.. it looks like a another machine or BEST. I don't have the patience to try places that most likely don't have the chips and then advertise them. Sometimes getting your money back can be a time consuming pain in the as#! I'm going to order a glitter from best to replace the one I took out of the mega.

PaulJ wrote: 28 Oct 2018 13:29 blisters are pretty had to find..

You sure :P

exxos wrote: 28 Oct 2018 13:35

PaulJ wrote: 28 Oct 2018 13:29 blisters are pretty had to find..

You sure :P

Do you have a secret stash? Just put them up and I'll get my replacement from you.. :yay: :yay: Your pulling my leg? :-o :-o :-o

PaulJ wrote: 28 Oct 2018 13:52 Do you have a secret stash? Just put them up and I'll get my replacement from you.. :yay: :yay: Your pulling my leg? :-o :-o :-o

literally meant blisters :P

Maybe you get blisters from pulling someone's leg too hard?

troed wrote: 28 Oct 2018 13:58 Maybe you get blisters from pulling someone's leg too hard?

Yes, that one way.. Another way as Jon Whiteside can attest to is picking up the business end of a soldering iron. :stars: :stars: :stars:

PaulJ wrote: 28 Oct 2018 14:56

troed wrote: 28 Oct 2018 13:58 Maybe you get blisters from pulling someone's leg too hard?

Yes, that one way.. Another way as Jon Whiteside can attest to is picking up the business end of a soldering iron. :stars: :stars: :stars:

Ouch - Thats not good, you can only imagine the pain.

In all the time I was building the STF the only time I burnt my finger was trying to install the Floppy Un-f*ck board.