Soldering (Was: Re: HP-IB, Amigo/cs80 ... )

[Jeff Walther]

>
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:07:58 -0700
> From: Ben <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>

> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
>> Soldering now is far safer than it used to be.  I can still recall
>> the glorious sensation of picking up an American Beauty 100W
>> soldering iron by the wrong end.
>>
>> I suppose that we should be thankful that we don't use an
>> oxyacetylene torch for PCB work...
>
> I guess that is why BYTE[1] went from a hardware magazine
> to software.

Some of the best advice I got in college was from an EE professor who told
us, "If you drop your soldering iron, don't try to catch it on the way
down.  Just let it go."

Jeff Walther