Date   : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:17:32 -0000
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: ROM removal tool

This is what you want... 

http://8bs.com/submit/subremrom.htm

A picture of JGH's "patented" extraction device. Simply use a rear blanking
plate from a PC.

Also other methods as demonstrated at the Not the Acorn User Show at JGH's
abode some years ago. Am sure I used a spoon at one stage..

-Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bbc-micro-bounces+mark=bbcdocs.com@...
> [mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+mark=bbcdocs.com@...] On
> Behalf Of Pete Turnbull
> Sent: 16 March 2010 20:57
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] ROM removal tool
> 
> On 16/03/2010 20:08, Tim Fardell wrote:
> > Jules Richardson wrote:
> >> me@... wrote:
> >>> Does such a thing exist?
> >>>
> >>> I'm forever tearing the legs off ROMs when trying to remove them
> cleanly. I
> >>> don't know whether my beeb's sockets are super-grippy, or whether
> I'm just
> >>> a clumsy arse, but I can't help thinking there must be a better
> way.
> 
> >> I've seen IC removal tools in the form of pincers, but IME they're a
> bit crap
> >> - with the force sometimes needed to pull a chip up, they can
> sometimes
> >> suddenly 'let go' unevenly, resulting in bent pins still.
> >
> > I had one of these. It was made of yellow plastic, and I can confirm
> > that it was indeed a bit crap.
> 
> I have two metal ones, and whilst they do work very well, they're
> better
> for smaller chips.  Like Jules and others, I tend to use a small
> screwdriver, or a bent-over piece of thin tool steel for ROMs.  The
> trick is, whatever you use, to lever up each end in turn by just a
> small
> amount until the chip is fairly free.
> 
> --
> Pete                                              Peter Turnbull
>                                           Network Manager
>                                           University of York
> 
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