[HECnet] VS4000/90: Up and running!

[Dennis Boone]

  I keep reading about people cracking open those chips, and I always
wonder why they bother.   They're neither expensive nor difficult to find
brand-new.   Why would one find it worth the time to spend an afternoon
performing surgery on that chip to replace the battery when you can get
a new one on the way for about eight bucks?

I thought the situation was that NOS chips were available, not new ones?
Honestly, though, I might hack on even a new one: potting a battery with
a limited life span is the dumbest thing since russian roulette with a
pistol.

De