David Gesswein Tue May 18 23:59:58 UTC 2021

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 02:34:01PM -0400, Herb Johnson

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Much discussion occurred about IC sockets. No one suggested purchase of machine-pin sockets, which is my choice.

So I'm no one now :-). [reference to his suggestion in kind] That was a lot of email to try to follow today.

Of course, my apologies. And you provided my excuse. There has been a lot of email, which has drawn my attention as well. And I see Dave McGuire agrees with both of us. Martin says he'll consider both and look at prices; perhaps accommodate both factions. It is the buyer's choice. Those who use IXR's sockets, I believe should contribute back to replace them. So the users will have a vote, in the long term. Another way to argue the point, is to repair with sockets to match, unless all/most sockets are damaged. I believe our friend Jon Chapman AKA Systems Glitch, uses machine-pin to replace vintage sockets when damage is widespread. Regards, Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net