[Techtoolslist] Realllly need a Z80/AA

[John Robertson]

I use ordinary dual wipe IC sockets (Digi-Key cheapest) for my 
'sacrifice' pins. The pins are slightly thinner than the average CPU leg 
and yet rarely give me any problem at all.

John :-#)#

On 2017/08/08 5:06 PM, davids at oz.net wrote:
> I use turn pin 40 position sockets as sacrifice sockets on my fluke pods.  Could probably do the same for these.  The turn pins don't tend to spring the board sockets.
>
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> From: William Stillwell
> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:26 PM
> To: Tony Jones
> Cc: Technical Tools Mail List
> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Realllly need a Z80/AA
>
> I think this option would work, you could use idc headers and solder to the
> avg style socket, looks like that pcb design will work with different types
> of CPU(s) ?
>
> William Stillwell
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> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Tony Jones <tony at tonyjones.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:32 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> at some point in time, we are going to need to create replacment pod
>> cables
>>> :)
>> The easiest option is to probably use what Paul Swan came up with
>> (https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=305211
>> https://www.oshpark.com/shared_projects/4DNVi8Y0).
>>
>> The use of IDC type headers for the pins isn't ideal as their
>> dimensions are much larger than what Fluke used and over repeated
>> insertions may damage a socket.     I noticed a seller on eBay was
>> using similar to these for the underside of his AVG replacement board
>> (https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/40-600-10/A136-ND/26427).
>> The pin dimension is pretty close to what Fluke used on their probe
>> heads.  It looks like Aries makes a more suitable post version rather
>> than a fork (40-600-20) but availability is scant,  maybe there is
>> something with better general availability?
>>
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