@Desmon
Yeah that is a shame. Commodore really screwed the pooch when they went to surface mounted chips in the A4000 and A1200. While I realize that it was a cost cutting issue brought to you by the jackass Bill Snides who they brought in from IBM, who also scrapped that A3000+...it does make things tough and expensive for owners of those machines. Sockets couldn't cost that friggin much, especially when the mobo hadn't even been laid out yet!
It probabally saved them a couple of bucks per motherboard, while it will be an eternal pain in the ass for owners of those machines.
regards,
