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From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Desoldering Chips
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Date: 14 Aug 89 15:33:51 GMT
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In article <[1427.2]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP> wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall) writes:
| A simpler solution is to destroy the board with a pair of dykes and clean
| the legs off after the fact.  The torch trick sounds a little radical for
| heat sensitive devices (not to mention human breathing apparatus).

  We used to empty boards by heating with a torch and slapping the board
down against the rim of a 55 gal drum. The results were usually 80%
still good. As you say, ventilation is important when doing this.
	bill davidsen		(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me