Or Return To On Line Magazine Of course, there is always the option of using a ROM extraction tool designed for the job rather than trying any of the techniques shown below!

08/12/1999 

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By Chris Richardson

Recently, much discussion has filled the BBC mailing list concerning the removal of ROMs from the BBC.

I thought I would document pictorially a couple of the methods mentioned

First of all, Jonathan Harston uses a blanking plate from a PC to ease a ROM from it's socket:   To show that it does not really matter what you use as long as you are careful, Mark Usher eases a ROM from his BBC with a knife:

Here I am using my favourite and long serving tool, the bent screwdriver. Ease it under one end of the ROM:

Gently prize it up whilst working the blade right under the ROM

Supporting finger placed on the top of the ROM:

Ease it from both ends if you need to:

Evidence of successful removal, very few bent legs:


I considered wearing rubber gloves, but did grab hold of the earthed central heating pipes in my home before commencement of the procedure.

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