Laptops?

[Steve Gehlbach]

Adam Agnew wrote:

> If you have a TSOP40, you will need to have the TSOP40 extracted and a
> "coffin" put in its place. For that, some of us have used Century
> Technology, Inc in San Fransisco (the guys name is Henry Ho,
> hho at century-technology.com) though i'm sure there are other places which
> will do it.

Just curious, what is a "coffin" socket?  I have had some really bad 
luck with ET's zif socket for TSOPs.  After a few insertions the traces 
start to lift, since there is nothing else mechanically holding it on 
the board but the tiny SM traces.

-Steve