Clark Martin wrote:

> A hint for next time.  Assuming this is a DIP 14 or DIP 8 package
> size oscillator, cut the pins off, remove the oscillator and then
> desolder the individual pins from the board.  You waste an oscillator
> but it's much easier on the board.  Then install a socket to hold the
> new oscillator.  This way if the board doesn't work at the higher
> clock speed you can revert to the original speed with a new
> oscillator.
> --
> Clark Martin

And I HAD the socket. But its back legs were a larger diameter than the
front,
and larger than the original 4-pin oscillator. I feared the holes would
become too
wide to allow contact. As it was, I drilled the holes with an orifice drill
so the
new oscillator would slide in without interference.

Jeff


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