On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Thomas Sailer wrote:
> Matti Aarnio wrote:
> 
> >         PLCC et.al. which have J-shape legs going *under*
> >         the chip are a lot harder.  (even with flux..)
> 
> For PLCC, there exist sockets with straight leads or even
> through hole pins, so they can be handled (also speaking from
> experience :))

See foor instance the YAM modem... it uses a PLCC Xlinix with a
pass-through hole. Even if I am soldering challenged i mounted it all
and worked reasonably well (BTW is better to use GREEN leds).

73
Mike

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