OK this was my pile of A500Plus boards
as we closed on the end of 2017
If you recall I had encountered image issue
and had decided to replace the Fat Agnus
basically the only chip left to replace
that I could extract
First though I needed to bring in the crane
And maybe some extra help
No need for International Rescue this time
Although Thunderbird 2 was on standbye
with a rescue pod if all fails
The area was cleared and the crane
began the slow extraction process
Job done and the crane fell over
Doesn't look good
Seems like the 'icky' green that I
saw was actually corroded pins. And
what is more they fell completely off
The pin legs on the chips had degraded also
And this was one I had practiced
on earlier... THE HORROR !!!!
I'm pretty sure that all the pins
should be there. None missing that is
Interesting how the pin leg slots corrode
Sad end to a quite sad little computer
She came here broken with battery removed
and in 2004 I was replacing chips and
the floppy drive. Was working last year
then fell over. All looked pretty good
from the top but that Fat Lady just killed
the computer off....
Until the next time. Never quite the end
