[Coco] Socketed processor?

[Boisy G. Pitre]

On Aug 10, 2004, at 2:01 PM, James Dessart wrote:

> I was wondering if other folks have noticed this in their CoCo, but 
> mine
> has its 6809 in an IC socket. Is that normal?
>
> And this question goes out to Mark, since my processor is socketed, 
> could
> I just remove it and plop the protector+ in there? Without soldering?

Yep, that's right.

> Strange that it has an IC socket, since I think that's not the usual 
> case.
> It's stock, except for the modifications for a 512K upgrade.

That is unusual.  I never heard of a CoCo 3 coming from the factor with 
a socketed CPU.  Where did you get this CoCo 3?  Are you sure it wasn't 
modified by a prior owner?

Boisy