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Wild how they expected the user to sit there for hours soldering and measuring dozens of little resisters and other components. Thank god for high-speed pick an
by eigenvalue 4y ago
Wild how they expected the user to sit there for hours soldering and measuring dozens of little resisters and other components. Thank god for high-speed pick and place robots, the amount of human toil and tedium avoided cumulatively is astounding.
- quantified 4y agoThe hobbyist paved the way. It was like knitting in a way, but with molten metal and wisps of smoke. Cathartic sometimes.
- k310 4y agoOh I did it! Countless solder joints. Used a plastic gizmo to bend the resistors to match the PCB holes. But these were "hobbyist" computers. No long term effect from the lead in the solder solder solder solder .. "-)