Replating Edge Connectors (1982)
Added 2021-11-27 21:22:44 +0000 UTCCool funky intro music deleted for YouTube copyright violations.... but this little gem of a 16mm reel shows how to replate contacts with gold using the PACE electroplating kit. Now you go and do it!
Comments
Neat, particularly like the grounding tape applied across all of the contacts, I was wondering how this was done for all the contacts.
Dr Andy Hill
2021-11-28 22:09:57 +0000 UTCIf I provide you a cloud folder for patrons, could we have the originals, sans the gag orders by YT?
Anton
2021-11-28 15:29:06 +0000 UTCHaving to re-silver edge connectors was a given on the TRS-80 line of micro computers as they tarnished very quickly.
lohphat
2021-11-27 23:09:55 +0000 UTCI was taught how to do this kind of repair/restoration in my Navy Class-A school, but by the time I reached the fleet the practice was no longer recommended, primarily because failures in the field weren't being properly reported up through the Navy supply system and back to the military contractors for remediation. It was still allowed when no replacement part was available (and only with lots of documentation), but the repaired part still had to be pulled when a replacement became available. When in the middle of the ocean and a critical system goes down without spare parts, sailors were expected to do "whatever was needed" to accomplish the mission. In one memorable case in the late 1970's, an essential system died just before the start of a very large multi-nation exercise for which our ship was *the* key participant, both coordinating the entire exercise as well as acting as a very nasty enemy. The failed board had no replacement onboard, and none were stocked anywhere within 1000 miles of us. The critical failure required messages be sent all the way up the chain of command to Washington. Fortunately, we were heading into Hong Kong when the failure happened, so we made a run to a Radio Shack to get the needed parts. Yeah, non-MILSPEC parts. In a critical system. Before a vital exercise. The exercise proceeded, and went off extremely well. Nobody ever asked how we did it with a critical system failure. Nope, the Navy seldom argues with that kind of success. When the replacement board finally arrived, we pulled those Radio Shack parts and reinstalled the original failed components before turning the broken board in for repair.
BobC
2021-11-27 22:50:22 +0000 UTCI hope you are feeling better.
Robert Sanges
2021-11-27 21:35:28 +0000 UTC
