MODCOMP II Revisited...

[Lyle Bickley]

On Tuesday 10 July 2007 14:03, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 10 Jul 2007 at 12:04, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> >> So armed with a logic analyzer and scope, I began to debug the
>
> MODCOMP - one
>
> > chip at a time. After finding 20 or 30 bugs - ALL of which were TI chips
> > - I finally "relented".
> >
> > I have now replaced about one hundred and fifty TI chips in the Modcomp's
> > CPU and memory planes. I'm about 3/4 of the way through the process - and
> > the MODCOMP is becoming very reliable. It will run basic memory
> > diagnostics by the hour without failure.
>
> Why not simply re-tin the pins on the TI chips?  Shouldn't be too bad

The chips are mechanically very fragile. I'd rather replace them than rely on 
solder to keep them together ;-)

Also, since so many have pins break off when they are removed from their 
sockets, it wouldn't be a worthwhile exercise...

Cheers,
Lyle

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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
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http://bickleywest.com

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