Bally Williams MPU Replacement

[mark adams]

I have snagged myself one of these boards by Lupine Systems, supposedly the people who built the original Bally Williams MPU boards.
Has anyone attempted populating these, any ideas of sources for the ASIC socket?
Any other 'hard to get components' i should be concerned about?

 

[ronnie63]

Cool, fair bit of soldering to be done! The sockets should be easy enough to get, maybe CPC or even Ebay

 

[mark adams]

@pinballmania do you have ASIC sockets as well as the ASIC itself?

 

[Arv]

He has the chip, they are £40. How much was that bare board?

 

[mark adams]

I am after the socket as well, the board was £35 + shipping. Looks perfect for replacing an acid damaged board if you don't mind the soldering

 

[Arv]

Yeah looks easy enough to populate

 

[taz turbo]

Some choice here...

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/connectors/ic-sockets/plcc-sockets/?searchTerm=84 socket