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Re: [MLUG] Confession of a hardware hacker...
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Huh...I always thought "hacker" was a figurative term.

On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 17:51, John Maier wrote:
> I saw this on the NetBSD-Alpha mailing list, I thought you all would get a chuckle...
> 
> *************************************************
> I killed my Multia.
> 
> I used a Dremel to remove the failed chip, and that almost worked.
> A couple of lands came up, and a couple of legs didn't come off.  The
> soldering iron removed the leg fragments, but it also revealed that
> the grinder had also taken out several traces.
> 
> I attempted to install the chip, but my soldering skills were
> suboptimal.  I won't even insult the machine with an attempt to boot.
> I'm just going to throw it away and unsub from the list.
> 
> Thanks for the tips.
> 
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