Quoted from JethroP:Yes
I've actually been looking at those recently. I will order one today.
I've thought the same thing. I've hesitated to remove the U8 socket because I'll probably need to repair/jumper most of the connections as the traces are shot. What I have done is verify continuity from the chip legs on both U7 and U8 to the board connections, and confirmed there are do shorts from pin to adjacent pins. At lease I think I didn't miss anything. I believe this confirms that the chip to socket connections are solid.
check u8 connections back to the cpu chip and the enabling stuff. A lot of the connections at U8 go off in multiple directions. Even if it connects to u7 to may not connect to the cpu/roms/pia etc.
Grandview, MO
