Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!GRUPP@mit-mc From: GRUPP%mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Desoldering techniques Message-ID: <16915@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 05:59:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16915 Posted: Fri Feb 24 05:59:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 13:07:38 EST Lines: 7 From: Paul R. GruppI've always found it easier to cut the IC leads one at a time, *THEN* desolder the "stubs". (You wern't planning on putting it back I hope!) An even better way is not to buy boards that don't use sockets. --Paul