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The Mr. Video

It's a sad day when your c64's CIA chip goes bad and it's directly soldered to the board.
- October 2, 2021
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2. masschamber
  
  @Stephen
  
  the c64 has a fairly reasonable board, but no one in human history has said " oh boy I can't wait to desolder a 40 pin dip package!"
  
  October 3, 2021
  
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3. Stephen
  
  With a decent desoldering station (my Hakko 808 for example) - I can desolder (without damaging) a 40-pin DIP in under 60 seconds. When I am doing my Ataris, even the notoriously junk XE line, I'll do a 40-pin DIP and the chip falls out under gravity without touching it after cleaning the last pin. It's really easy to get a rhythm going.
  
  October 3, 2021
  
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4. Keatah
  
  Kinda like a special-ed ASMR situation. Oddly relaxing.
  
  I was never able to get it under two minutes. But they do fall out with the last pin.
  
  October 3, 2021
  
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