▲ 673 ▼ Need a AI update (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 167 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 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 ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] J92@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x0@infosec.pub 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] J92@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent