[HN Gopher] FM Towns Bootable FRAM Card: Final - Prebyopia vs. S...
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       FM Towns Bootable FRAM Card: Final - Prebyopia vs. Surface Mount
        
       Author : app4soft
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-05-04 18:56 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | shrubble wrote:
       | It actually is FRAM, which is a fascinating technology. FRAM has
       | high write endurance and is stable in retaining its memory over
       | many years even if powered off.
       | 
       | Link to the part at Mouser:
       | https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cypress-Semiconductor/F...
        
       | nyanpasu64 wrote:
       | Note: even if the LED doesn't get hot by itself, if light gets
       | absorbed within the computer case, the light will heat up the
       | computer case.
       | 
       | I've heard of using rubber putty (eg. Blu-Tack) for holding down
       | components during soldering. I tried it a few days ago (on a
       | mouse switch) and it seemed to work well.
        
       | VyseofArcadia wrote:
       | I'm always happy to see English-language resources about obscure
       | (inside of the anglosphere) PCs. Our retro PC scene is fun and
       | weird and full of rabbit holes as is, and I love these little
       | tastes of other parallel retrocomputing scenes.
        
       | NovemberWhiskey wrote:
       | As soon I saw those LEDs on the board, I knew they were the wrong
       | part for the job! Yikes.
        
         | RF_Savage wrote:
         | Hehehe yeah. "That's gona be blindingly bright." Was my first
         | impression.
        
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