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In article <3hji5e$1jo@orb.apana.org.au>,
Craig Dewick <craig@orb.apana.org.au> wrote:
>In <gerrymD3pqn3.D98@netcom.com> gerrym@netcom.com (Gerry Morgan) writes:
>
>>I just installed some memory in my Sparc 1. Luckily, a friend of mine 
>>lent me a tool for removing the old SIMMs, or I don't know how I'd have 
>>got the old ones out. Anyway, can anyone suggest where I could buy one of 
>>these SIMM-removing tools - I'm sure I'll need to do this again. It's 
>>like a little black plastic T-bar with bits that hook into the holes in 
>>the SIMMs and allow you to lever out the SIMM.
>
>I know everyone will hate me for suggesting this, but my favourite SIMM
>removal tool is a metal fabricators scribing tool with a right-angled
>point on one end. The right-angled section is a little over half an inch
>long (on mine) and by feeding the point through the hole on each side of
>the SIMM and resting the scriber on the top of the socket it's easy to
>lever each corner out with very little effort. 
>
>Much easier than sourcing a real SIMM remover and it doesn't do any 
>damage to SIMM's or their sockets.
>
Well here are 2 more ways. Use a small flat blade screwdriver to lever
the SIMM out or use a short needle nose pliers to pull them out. If
you use the pliers, make sure you grab a blank section of the circuit
board. I've use both methods since we got our first batch of SS1s
many many moons ago and have yet to lose a SIMM.
Bob Rex
AT&T Bell Labs