[vcf-midatlantic] Chip Salvage

[Jeffrey Brace]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 8:29 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Group,
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> I remember reading a article many years ago, I think it was in BYTE,
> about salvaging IC's from discarded Printed Circuit Boards by using a
> chip puller and a torch on the back. Has anyone actually done this? I
> guess now you could try with a hot air gun?
>

I saw someone who would use a blow torch to salvage chips. He did it
outside. It was crazy, but all the chips fell off and recovered them. He
obviously had a lot of practice with this.


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