Skip to content

Comment on The C64 Dead Test Font

Comments

soldered it into a socket

You... what?

Why would you ever solder a chip into a socket, rather than just insert?

(they clipped the original chip, instead of desoldering it. The socket is then inserted into another socket on the board. Workable trick but... why, just why.)

– ? –

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.