Zip ram

[curtis]

I HATE ZIP RAM!!!!!!

While trying to work on my A2386SX bridgeboard, I decided to upgrade the 1MB RAM to the max of 8MB.

Found a seller on fleabay with a decent price and ordered the chips.

First, the chips came in an anti-static bag, LOOSE!!!  

Spent better part of an hour unbending those delicate, TINY legs.  Inserted a chip.  Pulled it BACK OUT to straighten several bent pins.  Try again.  ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!  Back and forth several times!

Finally got them all installed.

What rocket scientist, masochist, engineer decided these would be a good idea for a normal consumer!

Whoever it was should be shot, hung, drawn and quartered, then hung again!!!

[curtis]

Lost count of how many pokes on my fingers.  Not to mention all the scuffing on my hands from holding the board in such a way so I could see if the pins were going in the holes.

Which most of the time they WEREN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What? You didn't prick your fingers? It belongs to the operation!

[curtis]

Ah, but styrofoam doesn't do much good when you're trying to install!

Also doesn't do much good when shipping static sensitive components.

When will these guy discover styrofoam.