Outside view of the TI Lubbock Plant
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Inside view of the TI Lubbock Plant
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Automated machine inserts components into the motherboards
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Inserting components the old fashioned way
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More components being inserted into the power supplies or main board
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At the end of the line, with all parts inserted and ready for soldering
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Main boards ready for the "flow soldering" machine
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Power supplies ready for the solder also
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Motherboards placed in the moving rack of the soldering machine
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Power supplies flowing over a river of molten solder, soldering everything at the same time
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After the soldering all boards recieve a bath to remove the flux
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After the bath the boards are dried
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The larger socket mount chips are inserted, including the TMS9900 CPU
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The boards are now powered up for the first time
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All boards connected and tested
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Metal shielding is applied
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Power supply installed in case
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Main board is now installed in case
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..followed by the keyboard
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Console is now subjected to a "drop test"
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Consoles are placed in rack after rack for a three day powered "burn-in"
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Yet more testing
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Here the consoles keyboards are tested
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After all the tests, the brushed aluminum trim is applied
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Wrapped, packed, and shipped to a store near you!
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Pictures from December, 1982 99'er Magazine
