Coarse ribbon cable and hot air gun
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I currently have an early TI-81 with coarse ribbon cable failure, most of the connections are upwards of 18 ohms and the lower half of the screen is faint. Should I bother "reflowing" the ribbon cable with a hot air gun or go straight to replacing it with small wires?
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Replacing with IDC cable works well, like this:


I don't know about reflowing though, never tried it.

あなたは私の命を奪うことはできますが、私の誇りを取ることができない
My recent attempt at blowing the cable with hot air was less than successful, so I will take your advice of using an IDC cable to replace it.
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