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   TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.8 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)   
   -=> Jeff Thiele wrote to Tristan Greaves <=-   
      
    TG> This is certainly a 'hole in my arsensal', as it were.  Soldering is   
    TG> just not my thing (yet).   
      
    TG> Hence the idea of recapping motherboards and so on (The Amiga is   
    TG> notorious for requiring this) is beyond me.  Thankfully, there are   
    TG> professionals who do this as a service out there.   
      
    JT> Desoldering is definitely a much bigger challenge than soldering. With   
    JT> new retro kits (such as Lee Hart's Membership Card kits, or Don   
    JT> Superfo's Harlequin ZX clones) you don't have to desolder unless you   
    JT> make a mistake (which tends to make it a mistake you're not terribly   
    JT> enthused about repeating).   
      
   Solder Wick is sold by several places - including Chemtronics & Newegg:   
      
   https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=solder+wick   
      
   To do the complete job I recommend their kit with braid and a solder   
   sucker included:   
      
   https://www.newegg.com/p/0X6-08WU-00B69?Description=solder%20sucker&cm_re=solde   
   r_sucker-_-9SIATNNDAZ7015-_-Product   
      
   A little practice et voila, Bob's your uncle.   
      
      
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