[Adventure II XE update 10-10-2019]

I’ll be buying this on release day for sure! Already have the 5200 version. 

[Return of the bling!]

I think the Hakko's are well worth the money if you do much desoldering. I can desolder a 40 pin POKEY in about 5 minutes using my Hakko.

[Return of the bling!]

It'd be interesting to know the story behind them. Was it something Atari did to identify refurbs or promo units? Were they left over from some other project and just needed to be used up?

 

Anyway - thanks again for the switches! I was told by Best Electronics that using a heat gun might be a way to remove stubborn caps from aluminum switches. I guess if I ever have to replace my Reset switch again, I'll give that a try.

If I had to guess, I would say it was a cheap and easy way to make used switches look new during the refurb process.