[Coco] Cheap HD63C09EP from China!

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 23 October 2013 18:16:56 Retro Canada did opine:

> this is exactly my model
> 
> http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?id=523322
> 
> velleman and it has the ground plug.
> 
That is much better.  Now the next question is, does it get too hot?
 
> On 2013-10-23, at 5:21 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 23 October 2013 17:09:28 Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) did 
opine:
> > Speaking of chips I desoldered a 40-pin VDG using one like this:
> > 
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Electronic-Desoldering-Pump-Solder-Sucke
> > r-
> > Removal-Vacuum-Tool-Repair-220V-/360772171616?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&h
> > ash =item53ffb27760
> > 
> > I found locally at my electronic store. Keep in mind this one
> > announced is 220V.
> > 
> > You take some time to master how to handle it but once you learn you
> > can remove a 6809 intact in 20 minutes. Yep, patience is needed...
> > 
> > No more cutting chip legs.
> 
> But I would make no wagers that what you took apart was ever repairable
> again.  IT IS NOT GROUNDED!  Quite likely any cmos stuff will be
> destroyed about a millionth of a second after it touches.
> 
> That is also NOT a 220 approved plug according to the N.E.C. book, so I
> wonder if its somehow miss-marked.
> 
> That said, I used a device somewhat similar but arranged as a pair of
> tweezers with paddles to reach both sides of a surface mounted
> capacitor. It got way way too hot, and I wound up running it on a
> powerstat turned down to around 65 volts.  I added a ground to the tips
> and used it to change around 2 ea 3 lb coffee cans of surface mount
> electrolytic caps in a large group of Panasonic DVC-PRO broadcast
> digital VCR's during the tail end of the analog era.  If I never see
> another of those machines it will be too soon.
> 
> > Using an iron and a pump is not the same.
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Steve Bjork <6809er at srbsoftware.com>
> 
> wrote:
> >> Please note this item on eBay ends in one day.  Take your chances
> >> today because it may not be here tomorrow.
> >> 
> >> I just ordered one set of 5.
> >> 
> >> Steve
> >> 
> >> On 10/23/2013 10:19 AM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) wrote:
> >>> That's the best deal ever for those chip with free shipping:
> >>> 
> >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/5pc-**HD63C09EP-HD63C09-DIP-40-/**
> >>> 181140426561?pt=LH_**DefaultDomain_0&hash=**item2a2ccf8f41<http://ww
> >>> w
> >>> .ebay.com/itm/5pc-HD63C09EP-HD63C09-DIP-40-/181140426561?pt=LH_Defa
> >>> ul tDomain_0&hash=item2a2ccf8f41>
> >>> 
> >>> You can't go wrong with more than 12K sellings and 99.5% approval...
> >> 
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> 
> Cheers, Gene


Cheers, Gene
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