Questiuon about the Panamatik board on woodstock calculators

[AnnoyedOne]

(09-19-2024 08:11 PM)Ren Wrote:  Is there room inside the Woodstock to put a socket under the Panamatik ACT?

I believe that the Panamatik repair kit comes with low-profile (SIP?) socket. See the photo's on the site.

With skill/equipment one could probably desolder a working ACT chip from a Woodstock calculator and put a low-profile socket in its place. That would provide the option of an original HP ACT or a Panamatik replacement being used.

Personally I prefer original parts but some like the additional functionality of the Panamatik ACT or Teenix PCB. Of course if you've accidentally blown up your HP ACT chip you may not have much choice.

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