On 12 May 2012, at 01:05, John Alexander acontractor...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I had hundreds of memory boards from some mainframe and stripped off kilos
of chips.
Back in the day of 41256 RAM chips almost every one had a set of pulls from
myself.
Kept me in University ...Cheers guys
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote:
Ah mainframes. I remember an auction in the 90s where someone arrived with
two large box vans and bought a vast qty of mainframe equipment for maybe
£150. He was the only bidder. Each item went for under £10.
Tony
Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk
Subject: [Ql-Users] Blowtorches
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Date: Wednesday, 9 May, 2012, 14:09
I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show
referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch.
This is not a joke. I too used
On 09/05/2012 10:07, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Norman Dunbar wrote:
My image when I hear the word blowtorch is of my dad filling his
with paraffin and pumping it for what seemed ages to get some
pressure up and then a huge blue flame!
That was my reaction when I heard Lee make the remark at the
I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show
referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch.
This is not a joke. I too used a purpose built 2kw hot air gun to
selectively remove components from QL pcbs. This I suspect is similar
to the 'blow
Evening Tony,
On 09/05/12 14:09, Tony Firshman wrote:
I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show
referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch.
This is not a joke. I too used a purpose built 2kw hot air gun to
selectively remove components from
On 09/05/2012 20:34, Norman Dunbar wrote:
Evening Tony,
On 09/05/12 14:09, Tony Firshman wrote:
I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show
referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch.
This is not a joke. I too used a purpose built 2kw hot
Norman Dunbar wrote:
My image when I hear the word blowtorch is of my dad filling his with
paraffin and pumping it for what seemed ages to get some pressure up and
then a huge blue flame!
That was my reaction when I heard Lee make the remark at the Quanta Workshop
in Manchester. Actually, the
