Mid-Week Mini Mail Call #5 - Unusual DRAM, DIP PIN straightener and a ton of German candy!

Let's take a look at some stuff viewers sent in! Including a ton of candy from Germany!
Note: Please excuse the typos! I must have eaten too much candy. :-)

0:00 : Mid-Week Mini Mail Call #5
0:40 : Item 1 - some unusual IBM DRAM
9:45 : Item 2 - a bunch of Mac Floppy Disks
14:32 : Testing out some disks on a SE/30; Galactic Empire and Star Wars
23:58 : Bulk formatting floppy disks
26:38 : Bendy arm PCB holder
30:02 : DIP pin straightener and a ton of Germany candy
41:57 : Trying out the DIP pin straightener on some chips
45:48 : Tasting all the German candy

--- Video links

"Third Hand Soldering PCB Holder Tool Five Arms Helping Hands Crafts Jewelry Hobby Workshop Helping Station Non-slip weighted base, LED Lamp"
https://amzn.to/2AbvIWF

IC Pin Straightener Tool:
https://amzn.to/2TBe8Ta

The first PCB I ever made (Tandy 1000)
https://youtu.be/l3RWOZX58A8

FormatQM
https://www.pcorner.com/list/UTILITY/FORMQ172.ZIP/INFO/

--- Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1602/.f

Jonard Tools EX-2 Chip Extractor:
https://amzn.to/2VazxDS
https://www.jonard.com/Products/EX-2-DIP-IC-Extractor-24-40-Pins

Wiha Chip Lifter:
https://amzn.to/3a9ftWw
https://www.wihatools.com/precision-chip-lifter

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/1000z/

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000308958.html

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MINI-Digital-OLED-Programmable-Soldering-Iron-Anti-static-Structure/113382669853

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DSLogic-Basic-Analyzer-16Ch-100MHz-4Ch-400MHz-Xilinx-Spartan-6-FPGA/202543965672

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-magnetic-parts-tray-90566.html

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-24-28-32-40-pin-IC-Test-Universal-ZIF-Socket-Fs/303206721971

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-Micro-Scissor-125mm-PLATO-170-Electronics-Cutter-Side-Cutting-Pliers/163458746184

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537183709.html

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

--- Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

--- C64 Stuff

JaffyDOS:
http://blog.worldofjani.com/?p=3544

C64 Test Harness I use:
https://youtu.be/szSzA6T4Kdw

C64 Homebrew cartridge PCB: (used for the DeadTest / Diag Cart I use)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-64-C64-C128-NEW-bare-HomeBrew-DEVelopment-cartridge-board-8-32k-2019/162430154398

EasyFlash 3 Multi-Cart:
http://store.go4retro.com/easyflash-3/

--- Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVjwPsVFd8

--- Music

Intro music by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

Outro Music:
Abyss by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

--- Image Credits

By United States Postal Service - Contact us/Photo submission, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5202309

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