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What is Rubbing Alcohol Used for?
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Alternative to Rubbing Alcohol for Cleaning Electronics – What are the Options?
What is Rubbing Alcohol? Rubbing Alcohol is usually 70% Isopropyl alcohol (C3H8O) and 30% water but some brands may include other substances…

Restoration
Amiga 1200 Keyboard Repair and Restoration
I removed the keyboard from the A1200 making sure to carfully detach the ribbon cable from the pcb connector. Next I carfully…
Restoration
How to Clean an Amiga Case – Amiga 1200 Case Restoration

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Amiga 1200 Motherboard Revisions
Amiga 1200 Motherboard Revision 1A uses 256k×16 chips for Chip RAM Budgie rev 0 two full length clock port headers, intended for…

Soldering
How to Remove Surface Mount Capacitors
Safely removing SMD capacitors can be a little bit tricky. Keeping the pads on the PCB is the most important thing to…

Soldering
How to Solder Surface Mount Capacitors to a PCB

Soldering
How to Remove Stubborn Solder from Circuit Board Holes
How to Remove Solder from a Circuit Board Hole Frequently after removing a component from a PCB you will find that some…