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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

fine for simple work

Are you saying the Heathkit I soldered over a painstaking 2 week period was... simple ?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Definitely not (i'm not OP) but the components on those circuit boards look far more robust than modern surface mounted caps and resistors. Plus leaded solder flows a lot easier, in my limited experience.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    For full functionality, the system also requires a 4 KiB SRAM card ($139) and some form of storage controller; at a minimum this would be the H10 paper tape punch/reader or the H8-5 Serial I/O card ($110) which controls a cassette tape, using a 1200-baud variant of the Kansas City standard format.

    Memory prices have really gone down lately huh

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Compared to the Xbox 360 I was just working on? It might as well be a plain rock. If you try microsoldering with a straight-to-mains soldering iron, you're going to end up with a scorched board at best and an electrical fire at worst.

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