Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Joe Delahaye
Date : Sat Aug 13 2005 10:33 am

    
 > I purchased my first computer as a 'kit'.  I had to solder the entire
 > thing together.  Over 50 TTL chips and 5 LSI devices, plus literally
 > hundreds of resistors, diodes and caps.  You even had to wind a coil!
 >
 > I bought a bunch of sockets so as not to have to solder the chips direct
 > to the PCB, and heated up my Antex.  It worked like a champ!  Output on
 > the British TV band.  Remember the coil?  Squeeze/stretch to shift the
 > output and then tune the telly up/down the band to find it.

Yes, I socketed mine as well.  Easier to replace if needed <G>
Especially the 64 Mb of memory <G> and the BIOS and Keyboard chips.
Ahh, the good old days <G>  It only took 30 minutes to boot <G>

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