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Is it possible to fix a memcal?

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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 07:22 PM
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Is it possible to fix a memcal?

I have a bad memcal, the one I soldered a zif socket to. I have a junyard memcal that works, I would like to keep that as a spare. So can I program some small chips to match the limp home chips? So in other words can I fix my memcal, just to have another one to use.

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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 07:52 PM
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You can't program the limp homp chips. They are resistor networks.
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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 10:10 PM
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Well would it be possible to just replace the chips with new ones.... assuming they are an industry standard of resister networks?
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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 10:53 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by slowTA:
Well would it be possible to just replace the chips with new ones.... assuming they are an industry standard of resister networks?</font>

Nope, special ones, laser trimmed to get the right values.
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