On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 01:54:24PM -0700, Bill Dorsey wrote:

> I hope that this may save others the trouble of SMT soldering.  It's
> certainly doable, but even experienced technicians can wind up pulling
> up traces when they do it.  I was careful and lucky when I did mine.

it doesn't help that since the chip is on the bottom of a double-layer
board, it's _glued_ to the PCB.  even after pulling up all the legs, I
couldn't find a way to get the chip off the board other than applying
torque with a pair of pliers...

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com