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bobbyb13:
My soldering skills suck and my eyesight is even worse.
Couldn't imagine being able to pull off what you manage with these.
Lookin forward to pics!

pbj:
Picked this thing up today. I’ve been very happy with my Yihua (“yeehaw”) soldering station so I got their desoldering station. First test was an EA PCB, which always vexed me on the shop vac setup. To the point I was using repro PCBs versus popping chips. Anyway, about five minutes and a couple stubborn pins but end result was clean. ROM chip fell right off the SEGA PCB that took me about a minute. Process was actually probably a little faster with the lard, shop vac, foot switch, and radio shack iron… but this is quiet enough for indoor use.

Xiaou2:
Heya PBJ,

I was doing some research for a post... and I came across something interesting, that I never knew existed, for the Megadrive

https://segaretro.org/XE-1_AP

This was an Analog Controller... released for the Megadrive.. and supposedly works with several MD games:

After Burner II
Super Monaco GP II
Fastest 1
Galaxy Force II
M.U.S.H.A.
Space Harrier

Mega-CD
After Burner III
Night Striker
StarBlade

32X
After Burner Complete
Space Harrier

Pretty Wild stuff. I wonder if any Emulators support Analog controls on these games. Its been a long time since Ive
messed with anything outside of Mame.

bobbyb13:
That thing is crazy looking!
Never saw one.

And I love it when James finds more tools.
How much was that desoldering thing?

pbj:
$140 on Amazon. I should have bought one a decade ago. I did learn a lesson about cleaning out the spring trap regularly. However, you can just hold the spring over a trashcan with forceps and hold a cigarette lighter flame on it and that clogged solder will just melt right out. (The other shop vac rig I’d have to throw into a fire pit occasionally)

The soldering iron side of it comes with a chisel tip and I learned another valuable lesson today… do sweep soldering on SMD chips with a chisel tip. It was a total disaster with my other iron and a fine tip.

You are looking at the absolute edge of my soldering abilities and eyesight. The rest of these components are through hole and should be easy.

The things I do for Malenko. :embarassed:

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