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-[[Image:Bad_ti_socket_top.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Bad TI IC Socket]]
+'''Texas Instruments made some bad IC sockets''' back in late 1970's.
+The TI C-95 model of socket is known to be a problem.
-'''TI made some bad IC sockets''' back in late 1970's.
+A typical high quality replacement would be a Mill-Max machined-pin DIP socket.
-They are easy to identify since they grip the IC pins along the edge of the pin and not the flat body of the pin.
-A typical high quality replacement would be a Mill-Max machined pin DIP socket.
 DIP sockets are often problematic as instruments age.
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 a transition to an improved version of the C93 socket design.
-For the 14 pin DIP at the left, a gold part number would be mill-max 110-93-314-41-001000,
+For the 14 pin DIP at the left, a gold part number would be Mill-Max 110-93-314-41-001000,
-a non-RoHS lead-tin part number would be mill-max 110-99-314-41-001000.
+a non-RoHS lead-tin part number would be Mill-Max 110-99-314-41-001000.
 Both parts are non-RoHS since the solder-tail (PCB end) is also lead-tin plated.