William ChopsWestfield wrote:

>> DIP is like Octal base. They still work, but it's time to move to the
>> Compactrons for most work.
> 
> I will sorely miss sockets (reasonably priced sockets.)

I'm looking into buying a hot air rework station. I've never worked with
one, but it seems that this might make exchanging SMD parts almost as easy
as if they were socketed.

Has anybody experience with those stations? Are my expectations close to
reality?

Gerhard
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