With the shape of the pins curved under the chip, laying the DRAM on a PCB wouldn’t be sufficient instead of using a socket for testing ? Applying a little pressure on top maybe…exxos wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:30 pm I did try and find a socket to test these chips but I don't think I ever found one.
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exxos blog - random goings on
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Retro stuff
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2 x 600XL with U1MB /SOFIA 2/ AVG CART / and a few 1050
Apple //c, Commodore 128, Mac Classic, SE/30, LC, IIvi and PB G3 (Clamshell)
Amiga 600 and a few 486 and 386.
Many Nintendo G&W and other electronic games from the late 70s/early 80s.
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It's a good thought, but I don't think the legs are ever going to be perfectly straight enough for that to work reliably.olivier.jan wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:36 pm With the shape of the pins curved under the chip, laying the DRAM on a PCB wouldn’t be sufficient instead of using a socket for testing ? Applying a little pressure on top maybe…
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You can help it with a few blobs of solder paste on the pads ?
Retro stuff
520 STF/ 1040 STE / Mega ST / 2 Mega STE / 2 H5
2 x 600XL with U1MB /SOFIA 2/ AVG CART / and a few 1050
Apple //c, Commodore 128, Mac Classic, SE/30, LC, IIvi and PB G3 (Clamshell)
Amiga 600 and a few 486 and 386.
Many Nintendo G&W and other electronic games from the late 70s/early 80s.
520 STF/ 1040 STE / Mega ST / 2 Mega STE / 2 H5
2 x 600XL with U1MB /SOFIA 2/ AVG CART / and a few 1050
Apple //c, Commodore 128, Mac Classic, SE/30, LC, IIvi and PB G3 (Clamshell)
Amiga 600 and a few 486 and 386.
Many Nintendo G&W and other electronic games from the late 70s/early 80s.
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Sounds messyolivier.jan wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:21 pm You can help it with a few blobs of solder paste on the pads ?
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3rd crappy video now up.
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Thought I would do another video. "A typical Monday with exxos". Basically because I just know for a fact that every Monday in particular things are not going to go well 
Aim of today - Finish desoldering the STM DRAM chips.
What actually occurred - lots of stuff breaking and there was even a terrible fire
Aim of today - Finish desoldering the STM DRAM chips.
What actually occurred - lots of stuff breaking and there was even a terrible fire
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New crappy video
Also been busy testing the 4MB STFM RAM boards.. Got some cool crash screens.
Also been busy testing the 4MB STFM RAM boards.. Got some cool crash screens.
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Great! I've been watching you systematically destroy tools in the background to me systematically breaking my projects
Ooo -- that looks like a high/low byte problem.
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DFB1 Open source 50MHz 030 and TT-RAM accelerator for the Falcon
Smalliermouse ST-optimised USB mouse adapter based on SmallyMouse2
FrontBench The Frontier: Elite 2 intro as a benchmark
Smalliermouse ST-optimised USB mouse adapter based on SmallyMouse2
FrontBench The Frontier: Elite 2 intro as a benchmark
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Badwolf wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:01 pm Great! I've been watching you systematically destroy tools in the background to me systematically breaking my projects
Yeah," one of those weeks" is currently at month seven I think. There's always something going on in the background. Like this week, one of the neighbours came round saying we have got expanding damp patch on side of our house.. Been looking into that this week.. One thing after another all the time..